Emergency crews are cleaning up after a storm bearing record-breaking winds left at least one person dead and more than a million without power across the island of Ireland and Scotland

Both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are under the top-level red weather warnings for wind from early on Friday.

Ireland's national weather service says the country has seen 114 mph wind gusts, the highest ever recorded on the island.

One of the strongest storms in decades leads to cancelled flights, suspended rail services, and closed schools.

A red wind warning has been issued for the whole of the Republic of Ireland, with Met Éireann warning of a possible "danger to life". The alert comes into effect at varying times from 02:00 on Friday and will end at varying times. Met Éireann has warned that "severe, damaging and destructive winds" are expected, with gusts of up to 130km/h.

There are warnings of danger to life, fallen electric lines, damaged infrastructure and widespread power outages

Met Éireann forecasts extremely destructive gusts in excess of 130km/h with many schools and workplaces set to close

More rainy and windy weather battered the U.K. and Ireland on Sunday, with a gust of 82 mph (132 kph) recorded at Predannack in southwest England. It was part of a new system named Storm Herminia by weather authorities in Spain, which was bracing for severe impact.

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