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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

A fierce storm is lashing Ireland and Scotland with record winds, downing power lines

Britain Northern Ireland Storm - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. were urged to stay at home Friday as hurricane-force winds disabled power networks and brought widespread travel disruptions.

Ireland was hit with wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour overnight, the strongest since World War II, as a winter storm spiraled in from the Atlantic before hitting Scotland.

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