Man dies and tens of thousands without power as Storm Amy brings 90mph winds to UK and Ireland

A man has died and hundreds of thousands were left without power after Storm Amy brought 90mph winds and heavy rain to parts of the UK and Ireland.

A yellow weather warning covers the whole of Britain from midnight and is in force for most of Saturday.

The Scottish island of Tiree so far tops the wind charts at 96mph, followed by 85mph at Capel Curig in North Wales - which also had 43mm of rain on Friday.

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The worst gusts have been in the North, but the Met Office said it is likely to be very windy everywhere on Saturday.

It warned of possible disruption to public transport, hazardous driving conditions, potential power cuts and dangerous waves.

Exposed coastal and hilly areas, such as Scotland's far north - where an amber warning indicates potential danger to life - could again see gusts of 90mph.

Gusts of 45-55mph are likely elsewhere across the UK, with heavy rain also expected in western Scotland.

"The very strong winds will also be accompanied by spells of heavy rain, with difficult driving conditions likely, especially for high-sided vehicles on prone routes, such as crosswinds on exposed or high-level routes," said the Met Office.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) have said they are still working to reconnect power to 62,000 customers

Fraser Wilson, of SSEN, told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "We expect because of the extent of damage to the network and conditions we are still going to be facing today that this will take some time, this storm is not over by any means."

ScotRail said some lines were shutting on Friday evening, with speed restrictions on all other routes. It anticipated some disruption to services will extend into Saturday and possibly Sunday.

Many schools in Northern Ireland were also advised to close at midday on Friday, while residents in County Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland, were put under the maximum red warning and told to "shelter in place" until 6pm.

Irish police said the death of a man in his 40s in the Letterkenny areas of Co Donegal was being treated as weather related.

A provisional new October wind gust record for Northern Ireland was set, as 92mph winds were measured at Magilligan in County Londonderry, the Met Office said.

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Around 184,000 homes, farms and businesses across Ireland were also without power at 5.15pm, according to the Electricity Supply Board. In Northern Ireland, NIE Networks said 50,000 properties had been cut off.

However, the worst of the storm should ease for the vast majority of the country on Sunday as the storm moves towards Scandinavia.

Met Office forecaster Craig Snell said while the strongest gusts were expected on Friday night, high winds on Saturday could still potentially "bring disruption and also some damage in places.

He said: "Thankfully, the really, really strong winds will begin to ease a tad as we go into the smaller hours of Saturday morning, but we are still going to be seeing gusts reaching between 70 and 90 miles an hour across northern Scotland as we go throughout most of tomorrow.

"Elsewhere across the UK, we've got warnings covering virtually the whole of the country, and even across the south we could see gusts reaching about 40 to 50 miles an hour in places."

Amy is the first named storm of the new season, which began on 1 September. The names are chosen from thousands of public suggestions each year.

The next few storms will be named Bram, Chandra, and Dave.

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