When a freighter got trapped in Lake Erie’s thick ice, the U.S. Coast Guard teamed up with Canadian vessels in a mission dubbed “Operation Coal Shovel” to break through the frozen blockade and save the ship’s crew.

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.

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.

Thousands of homes are still without power across north-east England and Cumbria following Storm Éowyn. Wind gusts reached up to 96mph (154 km/h) in Northumberland on Friday, with trees being brought down, roofs ripped off and roads closed. About 1,500 properties in Cumbria and 2,381 throughout the North East still have no electricity.

The first minister asks for patience as power outages and travel disruption look set to last over the weekend.

Ireland called in help from England and France as repair crews worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for years. Even as the cleanup continued, more wet and windy weather hit the U.

More than 1 million people in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland were left without electricity after Storm Éowyn (pronounced AY-oh-win) roared through on Friday. In Ireland, which suffered the heaviest damage,

In Northern Ireland, approximately 75 thousand electricity consumers remain without power. This happened after the destruction of the power system caused by Storm Éowyn, BBC reports. According to the source,

As the post-storm cleanup operation continues, you can follow live updates here: 6pm: As of 5pm, ESB have said approximately 402,000 homes, farms and businesses remain without pow