What is a sting jet? Met Office explains dangerous weather phenomenon behind 114mph gusts - Dangerous weather phenomenon brings strongest ever recorded gusts to Ireland ...

The hurricane-like storm is a rare meteorological feature known as a “sting jet” — and the results could bring widespread damage. Sting jets are narrow corridors of strong to extreme winds ...

The Met Office has shed light on the rare weather phenomenon responsible for whipping up 114mph winds off Ireland's west coast as Storm Éowyn bore down on the UK. The agency revealed that satellite ...

Storm Éowyn's record-breaking winds have formed a dangerous 'sting jet', according to satellite images from the Met Office, as millions of Brits remain under 'danger to life' weather warnings ...

“We think there was a sting jet associated with a very active low-pressure system. This is a core of very strong winds which get accelerated down from the troposphere to the surface ...

These winds could have been caused by a dangerous weather phenomenon known as a sting jet as satellite imagery suggests this developed over Ireland on Friday morning. A sting jet is a small area ...

An emergency alert was being sent to millions of people in Scotland ahead of the rare red warning. The last wind storm of ...

A "sting jet" was behind the fastest-ever wind gusts recorded in Ireland, the Met Office says. The record wind speed of 114mph was recorded in Mace Head in County Galway this morning. Satellite ...

Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. have heeded the advice of authorities to stay at home.

Met Office says The Great Storm of 1987 was caused by the same thing and a red alert has been issued for parts of the UK ...

Satellite imagery suggests a dangerous weather phenomenon known as a sting jet developed over Ireland on Friday morning, the Met Office has said. The weather service has given several rare red ...