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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Mathilde Grandjean

Trains axed and schools forced to close as UK braced for 100mph Storm Eowyn winds

Waves crash against Folkestone harbour wall in Kent (Gareth Fuller/File/PA) - (PA Wire)

Rail services have been axed, schools forced to close and people told not to travel as the UK braces for “threat to life” red weather warnings.

It comes as forecasters warned Storm Eowyn could bring winds of up to 100mph in areas affected by the rare weather alert across Scotland, Northern Ireland and north Wales on Friday.

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