Storm Éowyn was "probably the strongest storm" to hit the UK in at least 10 years, the Met Office has said, with wind gusts in excess of 100mph (160km/h).

Ireland's national weather service says the country has seen 114 mph wind gusts, the highest ever recorded on the island.

Nearly 1 million properties are without power across the island of Ireland after Storm Éowyn swept in strong gusts that damaged buildings and blocked roads. A man died after a tree fell on his car in County Donegal on Friday and fallen trees and debris blocked a number of main roads across Northern Ireland,