Millions of people in the UK have been told to stay home for their own safety as storm Eunice made landfall in the country. 9News
, bringing hurricane-force winds that ripped off a rooftop and crushed a vehicle in a London suburb.
Authorities are expecting gusts that cause travel delays, power cuts and possible mobile phone coverage outages. "The 'sting' refers to the cloud formation it creates, which resembles a scorpion's stinger," he said. British Airways said it was grounding a number of planes and expected "significant disruption," but that most flights would go ahead as planned.
Rail companies have urged customers to reconsider their plans, with blanket speed restrictions in place for most lines across the country. Eunice is the second storm in a week for the UK after Storm Dudley battered parts of Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland Wednesday, leaving thousands of homes without power. Those homes have since been reconnected.
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