Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. are being urged to stay at home as hurricane-force winds disabled power networks and brought widespread travel disruptions.

The storm brought record-breaking winds as it battered Ireland, Scotland and northern England on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of electricity customers were in the dark.

Central, Tayside & Fife, south west Scotland, Lothian Borders (including Edinburgh) and Strathclyde (including Glasgow) are all the areas covered by the most severe red warning the Met Office can issue, which is to last until 5pm this evening.

A red weather warning for wind has been issued, with gusts expected to reach up to 100mph in parts of Scotland.