Storm Éowyn ripped through the UK and Ireland with record-breaking wind gusts, causing widespread destruction, power outages and claiming at least one life as experts in the region call it the most powerful storm in more than a decade.

Emergency crews are cleaning up after a storm bearing record-breaking winds left at least one person dead and more than a million without power across the island of Ireland and Scotland.

The Education Authority (EA) received 154 reports of damage to school buildings.

The storm brought 100 mile-per-hour winds to the island and also battered Scotland and northern England. Britain’s weather office issued a red warning, its highest level of alert.

The first minister asks for patience as power outages and travel disruption look set to last over the weekend.

More than 1 million people in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland were left without electricity after Storm Éowyn (pronounced AY-oh-win) roared through on Friday. In Ireland, which suffered the heaviest damage,

Ireland called in help from England and France as repair crews worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for years. Even as the cleanup continued, more wet and windy weather hit the U.