Storm Éowyn is likely to cause severe disruption to rail services across northern England, a train operator has warned. Wherever possible, Northern Rail has advised passengers not to travel on Friday, stressing "trains may be cancelled at very short notice with onward connection not possible".

Storm Éowyn is gathering strength, supercharged by the Arctic blast that moved through the US, and has the potential to trigger power outages and travel disruptions across the UK later this week.

Multiple warnings have been issued across Northern Ireland as Storm Éowyn makes its way. The storm is expected to bring possible damage and disruption to parts of Ireland and the UK as it tracks east from the Atlantic.

With Storm Éowyn threatening to unleash severe gales forecasters have warned lives could be risk. Numerous weather warnings have been issued by the Met Office including an amber wind warning for parts of north Wales on Friday with gusts of up to 90mph (145km/h) in coastal areas.

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.

An amber weather warning is in place across most of north Wales as Storm Éowyn hits the country.