Storm Amy causes one death and widespread outages in Ireland and UK

Storm Amy swept across Ireland and large parts of the United Kingdom on Friday and into Saturday, bringing damaging gusts, heavy rain and widespread disruption to travel and power supplies. The storm prompted amber and yellow weather warnings across northern and western Britain and status orange and yellow warnings in parts of Ireland as authorities warned of fallen trees, flooding and difficult travel conditions.

Irish police said a man in his 40s died in a weather related incident shortly after 4.15pm on Friday in the Letterkenny area of County Donegal. Emergency services and gardai are investigating the circumstances of his death, officials said.

Meteorological agencies recorded extreme winds in several locations. Met Éireann reported a gust of 148 kilometres per hour at Malin Head on the north coast of Donegal during a Status Red marine warning, while the Met Office recorded gusts of 96 miles per hour on Tiree in the Hebrides and a provisional October record of 92 miles per hour at Magilligan in County Londonderry. Met Office chief forecaster Neil Armstrong said the storm was expected to be an impactful autumn event for parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland, with severe...