Storm Éowyn, pronounced ‘Ay-oh-win’, has been advancing toward Ireland and the United Kingdom and is expected to bring gusty winds, heavy rain and some snow to the region Friday and Saturday.

A fierce bomb cyclone headed to Ireland and the United Kingdom could produce wind gusts over 80 mph. Here's what else to expect.

Storm Eowyn is caused by a band of strong winds at the top of the atmosphere called the jetstream. The stream blows from west to east, directing storms across the Atlantic to the UK.

Ireland has been hit with record wind gusts of 114 miles (183 kilometers) an hour as a winter storm batters the country and northern parts of the U.K. Schools have been closed, trains halted and hundreds of flights canceled in the Republic of Ireland,

Ireland's national weather service says the country has seen 114 mph wind gusts, the highest ever recorded on the island.

Storm Eowyn has gripped the UK today as its ‘life-threatening’ winds sweep across the country. The storm’s deadly superfast winds of 80 to 90mph and up to 100mph are the equivalent of Category 1 and Category 2 hurricane force winds.

Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland are braced for one of the most intense storms in decades, with forecasters warning of extremely rare hurricane force winds and a danger to life

Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. were urged to stay at home Friday as hurricane-force winds disabled power networks and brought widespread travel disruptions. Forecasters issued a rare “red” weather warning,

The storm had knocked out power to more than half a million utility customers by early Friday as it moved across Ireland.