Thousands without electricity as Storm Boelo hits

Thousands of homes across the island of Ireland are without power as Storm Boelo hits.

An amber warning is in force across parts of County Antrim and County Londonderry until 10:00 GMT on Sunday, while an orange wind warning ended in County Donegal at 09:00 local time.

The worst impacted areas in Northern Ireland include Springfield in County Fermanagh and Bushmills in County Antrim, where more than 1,000 homes near each village are without power.

Among the villages worst affected in the Republic of Ireland is Milford in County Donegal with more 1,600 homes without power and Aghagad in County Sligo with over 1,200 homes impacted.

A yellow weather warning for all of Northern Ireland is in place until midday.

On Saturday, Northern Ireland's strongest gust of wind reached 78mph and was recorded in Orlock Head, County Down.

Magilligan in County Londonderry recorded 73mph and Castlederg in County Tyrone recorded a wind gust of 70mph.

Westerly winds will continue to gust close to 70mph in exposed coastal areas until well into the afternoon.

Generally, though winds will gradually ease through the afternoon with a significant reduction this evening.

A yellow wind warning is also in place in County Donegal until 15:00 local time on Sunday.

On Saturday, Malin Head in Donegal had gusts of 83mph recorded.

A yellow wind warning has been issued for Connacht and counties Cavan, Louth and Monaghan until 10:00 local time on Sunday.

At Belfast City Airport, flights departing to Edinburgh, Cardiff, Manchester and Kirkwall on Sunday morning have been cancelled.

Meanwhile, flights arriving from Edinburgh, Leeds Bradford, Cardiff, Manchester, Birmingham and Inverness have also been cancelled.

There are currently no flight cancellations at Belfast International Airport.

The Stena Line ferry sailings from Belfast to Cairnryan and Liverpool on Sunday morning have been cancelled.

Stena Line sailings from Cairnryan to Belfast have also been impacted.

The Stena Line sailing between Dublin and Holyhead has not been affected.

A number of roads across Northern Ireland have been closed due to fallen trees, the police have said.

The Ballyrobin Road in County Antrim is currently impassable after the junction with the Seven Mile Straight, which may affect journeys to Belfast International Airport.

The Glenshane Road in County Londonderry, about half a mile from the Castledawson roundabout, is also impassable.

The last 24 hours has also brought notable amounts of rain with Castlederg and Lough Fea in the Sperrins recording almost 40mm.

Over 30mm has been recorded at Killylane in the Antrim Glens and 30mm at Stormont in Belfast.

Sunday is due to be a drier day but still very windy with some sunshine and occasional passing showers.

The disturbed weather pattern will continue into the half term week as another deep area of low pressure will bring more strong winds later on Monday and through to Tuesday.

The Met Office has issued a yellow wind warning across parts of Northern Ireland for this system which may be updated later on Sunday.

The second half of the new week, however, looks somewhat quieter, drier, and less windy.