The United Kingdom has endured a number of storms over the past few weeks, one of which - named "Rachel" in Europe - brought strong winds, heavy rain and snow to parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

According to Senior Meteorologist Stu Ostro of The Weather Channel, "a mid-upper level disturbance which kicked out of the Northeast [joined] up with the system, [giving it] a big boost of energy, [allowing it to] turn into a large, strong cyclone as it [headed] toward the United Kingdom and neighboring parts of northwest Europe through Thursday."

Numerous high wind gusts were reported in Scotland early Thursday morning, including a 70 mph wind gust at Tiree Island Airport, as well as a 62 mph wind gust at Islay Airport.

A wind gust of , which is in Cumbria. BBC News also reported that in Scotland overnight due to snow and ice on the A9 Inverness-Perth road.

The Weather Channel's Leon Brown reports that as many as 15,000 customers were without power throughout Northern Ireland. Brown also states that many roads and railroad lines were impassable from northern to southern Scotland, and wind gusts of 70 to 80 mph were reportedly knocking people off their feet. According to Brown, at least one person died due to the storm when a tree fell on them.

Ahead of the event, widespread were issued throughout the United Kingdom for heavy rain, wind, and ice.

Widespread were also issued throughout Ireland for strong, damaging winds, especially along the mountains and coasts.

The that combines the likelihood of severe weather and the impact on society into a simple color-coded scheme – yellow and amber (orange) as described above, and red for the most extreme storms with high impacts and high likelihood of happening.

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A tourist stops to look at the winter landscape as snow continues to fall on January 14, 2015 in Tyndrum, Scotland. (Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)