Search

06 Sept 2025

Storm Éowyn will bring 'severe, damaging and destructive winds' to Donegal

An orange warning is in place from Friday, 2am, till 5pm the same day and Met Éireann say: 'Impacts include fallen trees, damage to power lines and power outages, structural damage, very difficult travelling conditions, disruption and cancellations to transport'

Storm Éowyn will bring 'severe, damaging and destructive winds for Donegal'

A Severe Weather Warning for Wind for Donegal has been issued.

The status orange warning is in place from Friday, 2am, till 5pm the same day.

The alert message from Met Eireann says: "Storm Éowyn - Gale force southerly winds becoming westerly will bring severe, damaging and destructive winds with gusts of up to 130km/h widely, with even higher gusts for a time.

READ NEXT: Mist and fog will lift in Donegal today - but may be stubborn in some places

"Impacts include fallen trees, damage to power lines and power outages, structural damage, very difficult travelling conditions, disruption and cancellations to transport, as well as wave overtopping."

To continue reading this article,
please subscribe and support local journalism!


Subscribing will allow you access to all of our premium content and archived articles.

Subscribe

To continue reading this article for FREE,
please kindly register and/or log in.


Registration is absolutely 100% FREE and will help us personalise your experience on our sites. You can also sign up to our carefully curated newsletter(s) to keep up to date with your latest local news!

Register / Login

Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.

Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.