Storm Éowyn battered Ireland with record-breaking winds on Friday, January 24, 2025, and battered the UK with gusts of over 145 km/h (90 mph), causing more than 700 000 power outages across the regions.
Reports from Quintrell Downs near Newquay in Cornwall, U.K., mention a possible tornado struck the area between 09:30 and 09:45 UTC on January 23, 2025, tearing through the village and damaging homes and cars.
Storm Eowyn was named by the UK Met Office on January 21, 2025, as the fifth storm of the 2024/25 European storm season. The storm is forecast to intensify rapidly, bringing winds of up to 130 km/h (80 mph) and causing significant disruptions as it moves across Ireland and the UK from Thursday, January 23, into the weekend.
Storm Bert has wreaked havoc across the UK, leaving 60 000 homes in Northern Ireland without power on Saturday, November 23, 2024, disrupting flights, and causing severe flooding and snowstorms across multiple regions. Authorities have issued Amber and Yellow Warnings for snow, ice, and flooding across the UK as Bert continues to bring hazardous conditions, disrupting transport and threatening safety. Two people were reported dead, as of late Saturday afternoon (LT).
Snowfall sweeping across the UK caused the closure of over 120 schools and suspended transport services on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. Temperatures plunged to as low as -11.2 °C (11.8 °F) in Aberdeenshire on Monday, November 18 making it the coldest early winter night recorded in Scotland since 1998.
The Angling Trust has released the first annual Water Quality Monitoring Network (WQMN) report, revealing that more than 80% of rivers in England are polluted with phosphates, posing an urgent need for action against waterway pollution.
Isle of Wight Council has issued warnings of possible further ground movement in Bonchurch, Ventnor, after experiencing one of the largest landslides ever recorded on the Isle of Wight and the south coast of Britain last month.
A party boat sank on the River Thames in London, U.K. due to severe weather conditions affecting the country on Thursday, January 4, 2024.
Storm Henk hit parts of the United Kingdom on January 2 and 3, 2024, leaving at least one person dead and another injured. The storm brought winds of up to 150 km/ (94 mph) and heavy rain, closing several major roads and train lines, and leaving as many as 10000 homes without power. Hundreds of flood warnings are in place across England, Scotland and Wales.
A small tornado, produced by Storm Gerrit, tore through Greater Manchester, UK around 23:45 UTC on December 27, 2023, leading to significant damage and the declaration of a major incident in Tameside.
