With four days of weather warnings across the UK, the Met Office has said there is a risk to life as 114mph winds were recorded in Ireland when Storm Eowyn hit.

As Storm Éowyn hits the country on Friday, all 76 cities in the UK could face power cuts affecting other services, such as mobile phone coverage, the Met Office said

Follow live as Storm Eowyn hits the UK and Ireland, with record-breaking winds already reported. The entire country is covered by alerts for wind and rare red weather warnings have been issued for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Southwesterly then westerly winds will rapidly increase from west to east Friday mid-morning onwards into the afternoon, with peak gusts of 80-90 mph fairly widely and perhaps up to 100 mph along exposed western coasts.

Wind speeds in Wales have topped 90 miles per hour as Storm Eowyn blew in today - with one location in Powys seeing gusts of 86mph. A gust of 93mph has been recorded at Aberdaron in Gwynedd, north Wales – the strongest gust so far today in the UK, the Met Office said.

The Met Office has been forced to issue rare red warnings for the country as we head towards the final weekend of the month.

The storm had knocked out power to more than half a million utility customers by early Friday as it moved across Ireland.

Flights, trains and ferries have been cancelled across the UK as 100mph pose a danger to life in parts of the UK.

Public bodies around the country have urged Brits only to travel if absolutely necessary as gale force winds lash Britain.

Weather forecasters are saying they have never seen a storm this bad. View on euronews