As the clean-up from Eowyn continued, Ireland's ESB Networks said it had restored power to 366,000 homes, farms and businesses by Saturday evening but that 402,000 still had no electricity. In Northern Ireland, approximately 140,000 homes remained without power by late afternoon, said electricity provider, NIE Networks.

Thousands of schools have been closed on Friday as Storm Eowyn batters the country with winds of over 100mph. The Met Office has issed two rare red weather warnings in Scotland and Northern Ireland, as Storm Eowyn is likely to damage buildings,

Where and when snow will hit UK as fresh weather warnings issued - The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings across much of the country this weekend

Storm Eowyn’s 100mph assault will be the first in a month-long barrage with Britain on the storm roller-coaster into spring. Severe gales, flooding downpours, snow and even tornadoes will strike widely today as the biggest storm of the season barrels in from the Atlantic.