Gardaí reported that a man died during the storm, which also brought localised flooding, fallen trees, transport disruption and school closures.

A powerful storm has hit the U.K. and Ireland, causing major disruptions. London’s Royal Parks closed on Saturday due to severe winds.

Storm Amy is battering the island of Ireland with heavy rain and severe gusts today. A 12-hour Status Yellow wind warning is in place nationwide until midnight while north-western counties remain under a Status Orange warning.

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Tens of thousands of homes remain without power and weather warnings of high winds remain in place in some areas as Storm Amy slowly pulls away.There will also be some disruption to rail services on Sunday as work continues to repair damage after the storm swept in on Friday.

Britain battered as up to 100mph winds and rain bring power cuts and travel disruption - Scottish travel services announced widescale disruption as heavy winds battered the country

Storm Amy, which had battered the west of Ireland leaving one person dead and thousands of homes without power, had all but passed by Saturday afternoon. A man who died in a weather-related incident in Co Donegal on Friday was understood to have fallen from a shed roof during the status red weather warning.

In a statement on its website, the Royal Parks said: “Due to severe wind gusts caused by Storm Amy, all of the royal parks, plus Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens will be closed on Saturday October 4.

A man has died, and tens of thousands of people were left without electricity after Storm Amy battered the UK and Ireland with strong winds gusting at 100mph and torrential rain.Northern

Some of the former remnants of Category 5 Hurricane Humberto slammed into Ireland and the UK as record-setting North Atlantic Storm Amy on Friday and Saturday, leaving at least one dead, travel snarled and more than 200,