Storm Eowyn was “probably the strongest” to hit the UK in at least a decade, according to the Met Office – and in some areas was the most intense in “20 or 30 years”.
But don’t expect settled weather because Storm Eowyn has gone, Sky News meteorologist Dr Chris England warned.
“The Spanish-named Storm Herminia will bring heavy rain, gales and hill snow up from the South West tomorrow and on Monday,” he said.
“It won’t be as windy as Friday, but with trees and structures already damaged in places, there’s a greater risk than normal with a storm of this intensity.”
More than a million people in the UK were left without power, and there was significant travel disruption across the UK and Ireland.
On Friday, a 100mph gust was recorded at Drumalbin in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, and parts of Ireland had the highest windspeeds since records began, getting up to 114mph in Mace Head, County Galway.
As of around 5pm on Saturday, SP Energy Networks in Scotland said 28,000 customers were still cut off.
In Northern Ireland, 140,000 homes and businesses remained without power and across the Republic of Ireland, around 460,000 had no power.
A Cobra meeting was held on Saturday to discuss Storm Eowyn and the government will “stand ready to provide further support”, a spokesperson said.
Engineers have been dispatched to Northern Ireland and Scotland, they said.
Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney has appealed for “patience” as work is carried out to restore power supplies and transport services in the storm’s aftermath.
On Friday, people all over Scotland were urged to stay indoors to avoid injury in hurricane-force winds, as a rare Met Office red weather warning was issued for much of the south of the country.
Among the buildings affected was a Co-op store in Scotland which collapsed on Friday after Storm Eowyn passed through Denny, Falkirk.
Man killed by falling tree
A man who died in County Donegal after a tree fell on his car during the storm has been named as 20-year-old Kacper Dudek. The incident happened around 5.30am on Friday at Feddyglass in Raphoe.
Police forensic collision investigators are carrying out a full examination of the scene.