(Alliance News) - The most severe of the wind warnings have lapsed on Monday after Storm Isha brought strong winds that disrupted airlines and hit power supplies across the UK and Ireland.
As the clean-up began on roads and repairs were made to power lines across the island of Ireland, further weather warnings were issued ahead of Storm Jocelyn's arrival on Tuesday, which forecasters warned could cause further damage to already weakened structures.
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks said 40,000 customers are now without power, with 53,000 hit by outages at the height of the storm.
The ESB said that as of 6.30am, 230,000 homes and businesses across the Republic of Ireland are without power, with the worst impacted areas in the northwest.
Authorities across the island have reported fallen trees on roads and urged people not to try to move trees as there may be electricity lines tangled in them.
Dublin Airport said winds had eased and the first wave of flights on Monday continued "without restrictions", but because of delays caused by Storm Isha, 29 flights in and out of Dublin had been cancelled on Monday.
A Status Yellow wind warning is in place for counties Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Clare, Leitrim and Sligo until 7pm, and further Status Yellow wind warnings are in place for the entire island on Tuesday and into Wednesday.
Very strong winds are expected in these areas, which can lead to large coastal waves, difficult travelling conditions and objects becoming loose and displaced.
In Northern Ireland, a yellow wind warning is in place for all counties until noon on Monday.
The Met Office said strong winds from Storm Isha are likely to bring "some disruption" to travel and utilities.
On Tuesday, Storm Jocelyn is to bring further risk of large waves along coastal areas in Ireland, difficult travelling conditions, fallen trees, damage to power lines, and possible damage to already weakened structures.
Status Orange warnings will be in place on Tuesday from 6pm until midnight for Galway and Mayo, and from 6pm on Tuesday until 2am on Wednesday for Donegal.
Status Yellow warnings are in place for all other counties from Tuesday afternoon until the early hours of Wednesday.
In Northern Ireland, Yellow wind warnings will be in place for counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Tyrone, and Derry, with strong winds expected from 4pm on Tuesday until noon on Wednesday.
The "destructive" storm-force winds damaged overhead power lines in the north of Scotland as well, affecting supplies for more than 20,000 Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks distribution customers in the area.
SSEN said that, as of 8.45am on Monday, supplies had been successfully restored to more than 17,500 customers, with 10,500 properties currently off supply.
On Sunday evening, a flight travelling from Sharm el-Sheikh to Glasgow Airport declared an emergency during Storm Isha.
A spokesman for Glasgow Airport said on Sunday that the Tui AG flight was "diverted to Manchester due to current weather conditions".
source: PA
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