An amber warning covers most of Scotland and there is a yellow warning in parts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Several thousand in the west and northwest of Ireland are without power after Storm Floris brought strong winds overnight. A series of yellow wind and rain alerts warning of potential localised floods, lightning damage and power outages came into force in the early hours of Monday.

Met Eireann has issued several weather warnings for wind and rain for counties around Ireland, along with Met UK, as Storm Floris arrives for several hours today, 4 August