Teenager, 19, dies after car is hit by falling tree amid high winds in Storm Eowyn

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A teenager has died after his car was hit by a falling tree during high winds in Storm Eowyn.

The 19-year-old man was driving a blue Ford Focus on the B743 near Mauchline, Ayrshire, when the car was struck around 6.45am on Friday.

He was rushed to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow for treatment, where he died on Saturday.

Sergeant Chris McColm of the Road Policing Unit said: ‘Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the man who died.’

A rare red weather warning issued by the Met Office came into force across the country from 10am on Friday, with hurricane-force winds and falling debris posing a danger to life.

A Met Office map has displayed three days of weather warnings and predicted up to four inches of snow in parts of Northern Ireland and Scotland.

The strong winds and rain pummelling the country comes as the last of Storm Eowyn sweeps the UK after leaving one man, 20, dead after a tree fell and killed him while he was on the phone to his father.

Today started ‘fine and dry’ with a ‘decent amount of sunshine’ in many parts of the country. An 82mph gust was recorded in Predannack, south Cornwall, this morning.

The 19-year-old man was driving a blue Ford Focus on the B743 near Mauchline, Ayrshire, when the car was struck around 6.45am on Friday

Storm Eowyn arrives with force in Scotland. Irvine harbour is flooded during the storm

Storm Eowyn arrives with force in Scotland. Irvine harbour is flooded during the storm

Storm damage in Dechmont in West Lothian, January 25, 2025

Storm damage in Dechmont in West Lothian, January 25, 2025

Workers clear debris from the roof blown off a leisure centre during storm Eowyn on January 25, 2025 in Helensburgh, Scotland

Workers clear debris from the roof blown off a leisure centre during storm Eowyn on January 25, 2025 in Helensburgh, Scotland

But a new low-pressure system is moving in from the south west bringing further strong winds and heavy rain.

Spanish meteorologists have dubbed it Storm Herminia, as the European country will feel the strongest winds.

It is forecast to hit the south west of England and Wales first and then move into Northern Ireland and northern England on Sunday afternoon, reaching parts of Scotland by the evening.

Around 35,000 properties in Scotland were still without power on Saturday evening, a spokesperson for the Scottish Government said.

A massive £500million clear-up and repair operation is underway across Scotland after the ‘storm of the century’ caused widespread havoc and devastation.

Weather experts admitted that Storm Eowyn’s terrifying 100mph winds on Friday were more powerful than anything seen since the 1990s.

Yesterday, Northern Ireland Electricity Networks said 189,000 homes and businesses didn’t have electricity due to the damage and it is expected to take a few days to restore.

Storm Eowyn left more than a million people without power and caused significant travel disruption across the UK and Ireland

Storm Eowyn left more than a million people without power and caused significant travel disruption across the UK and Ireland

Ice skating rink collapse during the storm Eowyn in Blanchardstown, suburb of Dublin on January 24, 2025 in Dublin, Ireland

Ice skating rink collapse during the storm Eowyn in Blanchardstown, suburb of Dublin on January 24, 2025 in Dublin, Ireland

The Met Office has said Storm Eowyn is the strongest to hit the British Isles in at least 10 years.

Met Office meteorologist Tom Morgan said: ‘It’s also going to be wet and windy over the next few days in southern parts of the UK in particular.

‘In most parts of the UK we’re going to have some very wet and at times also very windy weather over today and Monday.

‘But from Tuesday onwards, I’m expecting it generally to stay fairly changeable, but some showers at times and quite windy, but not as disruptive as it has been – I think overall, probably warnings are less likely from Tuesday onwards.

‘Certainly tonight in the south east of the UK, we could see some briefly very strong winds, and we could also see some very strong winds across Cornwall and Devon tomorrow in particular’.

Coastal parts of those areas will ‘very likely’ see 60mph to 70mph gusts.

This is a breaking news story. More to follow. 

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