Storm Éowyn ripped through the UK and Ireland with record-breaking wind gusts, causing widespread destruction, power outages and claiming at least one life as experts in the region call it the most powerful storm in more than a decade.

Emergency crews are cleaning up after a storm bearing record-breaking winds left at least one person dead and more than a million without power across the island of Ireland and Scotland.

Met Éireann, the Republic of Ireland's national meteorological service, said that the country had faced wind gusts of 114mph in County Galway– the highest recorded wind speeds ever recorded on the island.

Storm Éowyn ripped through the UK and Ireland with record-breaking wind gusts, causing widespread destruction, power outages and claiming at least one life as experts in the region call it the most powerful storm in more than a decade.

The storm brought 100 mile-per-hour winds to the island and also battered Scotland and northern England. Britain’s weather office issued a red warning, its highest level of alert.

A massive storm is hitting parts of the U.K. and Ireland Friday, according to the United Kingdom’s national weather and climate service.

Storm Eowyn, with winds reaching 100 mph, wreaked havoc across parts of the UK and Ireland, leaving destruction in its wake. On Friday morning (January 24), a member of the Weather & Radar team battled fierce winds as he gathered data along the coast of Co.