Ireland has been hit with record wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour as a winter storm batters the country and northern parts of the U.K. Schools have been closed, trains halted and hundreds of flights canceled in the Republic of Ireland,

Both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are under the top-level red weather warnings for wind from early on Friday.

The Met Office issued the red alert for Northern Ireland until 14:00 GMT, emphasizing the severity of the situation.

First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly said extra engineers had been drafted in from Great Britain to help to restore power across Northern Ireland (Rebecca Black/PA)

More than 100,000 remain without power in Northern Ireland in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn. Additional engineers have been brought to the region from Great Britain to help NIE Networks with the task of restoring power.

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Northern Ireland Electricity says it could take up to 10 days for all customers have their electricity restored, as clean-up operations are anticipated to take days and possibly even weeks in some parts of Northern Ireland.

“We have been working closely with the Met Ofiice and other agencies to keep updated on the progress of the storm,” Caron Malone, head of transmission strategy at NIE Networks, told BBC Radio Ulster’s Talkback programme.