A powerful "bomb cyclone" named Storm Éowyn (pronounced AY-oh-win) will pummel parts of Ireland and the United Kingdom with fierce winds and heavy rainfall on Friday, and it has roots in the historic winter storm that just hit the U.S. Gulf Coast Tuesday.

Record high winds from Storm Eowyn battered Ireland and Northern Ireland on Friday, leaving one man dead and almost one-third of Irish homes and businesses without power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights.

Storm Eowyn Friday continued to cause power outages for hundreds of thousands, knocked down trees and disrupted transportation as it moved across Scotland and Northern Ireland into Britain's West Midlands region.

Storm Eowyn caused havoc Friday as it battered Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland, killing one person and leaving hundreds of thousands of homes without power, flights grounded and schools shut, officials said.