The fifth-named storm of the season could cause power cuts, travel disruption and damage to buildings on Friday.

The Met Office has issued an amber weather alert in the East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, north Wales, Northern Ireland, and parts of Scotland, warning of ‘danger to life’ conditions and disruption to travel.

Britain is set to be battered by winds of up to 90mph from Storm Eowyn as the Met Office warned of a danger to life in parts of the country over the next few days. Very strong winds are forecast to strike the north of England, south of Scotland and North Wales.

The country is braced for strong winds, rain and snow as Storm Eowyn is set to batter the UK with gusts of up to 90mph on the way.

A Level 2 warning has been issued by The European Storm Forecast Experiment has issued a level two warning for the UK for Friday

The Met Office has issued a yellow wind warning from midnight on Friday across most of the UK, including the south-west of England, the Midlands, northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland

THE latest storm is on our horizon and the Met Office has now upgraded a weather warning for Bradford to amber. The UK's national weather and climate service originally put in place a yellow weather warning for "very strong" winds in Bradford and the rest of West Yorkshire from 12am on Friday until 11.

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for severe weather as the fifth named storm of the season hits the UK.

WEATHER experts have issued a warning to residents as Storm Eowyn is set to sweep strong winds and rain across the UK. Essex Weather Centre is warning Storm Eowyn will bring wet and windy conditions to the area on Friday.

STORM Éowyn is set to bring strong winds and widespread disruption to Wirral this week according to the Met Office.

A storm called Eowyn will bring strong winds across the UK on Friday and into Saturday, the Met Office has said. The forecaster said the winds, caused by low pressure, will lead to disruption such as damage to buildings,