i m guessing it s 80, 90 mph on top of the cliff. it has caused power cuts. 0h! ..forced hundreds of schools to shut, and businesses to close. red warnings are very rare. since we changed the warning system to make it more impact based in 2011, we have only issued 16 red warnings. they don t come along very often and to have two in place at the same time is exceptionally rare. oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh! it s falling over! oh, my gosh! whoa! oh, my gosh! gusts strong enough to bring down the street in gloucestershire. it s notjust the wind causing the worry snow has been falling. it s led to difficult driving conditions in county durham. yellow warnings are in place for much of northern england, scotland and northern ireland. at this traffic control centre in the west midlands, they have been monitoring the roads. it feels like we have less breakdowns than normal on friday so people are heeding the warnings but there will not be a good time to drive today with these horrible conditions
particularly intense. red warnings are rare, to have two out on the same day is exceptional. gosh, it s flipped it off. in london, the wind ripped off the roof of the o2 arena. it left a gaping hole. a thousand people had to be evacuated from the site. the north of england and scotland escaped the worst of the storms, but it did get some heavy snow. this morning s rush hour was difficult, but things have now improved. the humber bridge, though, was another crossing closed, unusually, to all traffic rather than just high sided vehicles. storm eunice will be remembered for its mountainous seas and wind damage. there were fears it could have been much worse. some breaking news from our colleagues at south today in southampton. a third death has been confirmed. police in hampshire say
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have been cancelled, schools are closed and thousands of homes are without power. our correspondent simonjones looks first at how eunice is affecting us so far. we were warned. as forecast, storm eunice swept in this morning, battering the coast of wales. and in cornwall a red warning meaning a simple message, the storm is so severe, that lives are at risk. i don t know what the actual wind speed is, but you can barely stand up in it. i m guessing it s 80, 90 mph on top of the cliff. it has caused power cuts, forced hundreds of schools to shut, ..forced hundreds of schools to shut, and businesses to close. red warnings are very rare. since we changed the warning system in 2011, we have only issued 16 red warnings. they don t come along very often
but it was standing for a lot of people all the way down. people lost their lives in thesel winds and because we stood up on a train, we were just grateful to get home the worst of storm eunice might be over, but insurers say that clean up costs could rise above £300 million, so its impact could be felt for a long time to come. alice key, bbc news. with thousands of homes still without power, ross easton, director of the energy networks association, which looks after power across the uk and ireland, explained some of the challenges providers are facing reconnecting homes. we had already spoken to him once this weekend and he came onto the programme again. we ve reconnected 1.3 million properties, so that is a heck of a storm that has come in, basically. we have seen two very rare red warnings, and that is what has