Flood alerts issued across Britain while every county in Ireland under orange weather warnings
Flights, trains and ferries were cancelled and hundreds of properties left without power across the UK and Ireland after Storm Bram brought heavy rain and strong winds.
By lunchtime on Tuesday there were more than 300 flood warnings or alerts across the UK and in part of south-west England. People were asked not to travel unless absolutely necessary.
UK Met Office amber weather warnings – the second most severe – were in place for north-west Scotland and Northern Ireland, where gusts of up to 90mph were predicted. The warning for Scotland was beginning at 2pm and ending at 7pm on Tuesday; the Northern Ireland warning covered 4pm on Tuesday to 3am on Wednesday.
In addition, there were six yellow warnings for rain and wind in place for much of England and Wales, while Met Éireann, the Irish national meteorological service, published a red marine warning for storm-force winds.
