Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. are being urged to stay at home as hurricane-force winds disabled power networks.

A rare “stay at home” warning has been issued for parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland as a severe storm lashes the region, bringing dangerous 100mph (160 kmh) winds and unleashing travel chaos.

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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

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Ireland has called in help from England and France to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for years.

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A powerful storm has left hundreds of thousands of homes without power and caused massive travel disruptions in the United Kingdom.

But the Met Office has warned that fresh snow could fall in Scotland and potentially northern parts of England particularly over higher ground. While today is nice and sunny for large parts of the UK, temperatures dipped to -5°C in parts of rural Scotland last night.

Storm Eowyn caused havoc Friday as it battered Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland, killing one person and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power, flights grounded and schools shut, officials said.

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