Thousands of people across Northern Ireland, England and Wales have been left without power amid powerful winds and heavy rain
Trains and some bus services in Northern Ireland have been suspended until further notice due to Storm Darragh, reports the PA news agency. The Met Office has issued an amber warning to 9pm on Saturday. Northern Ireland Electricity said about 46,000 customers were without power on Saturday morning after a night of high winds. NIE Networks added this number could continue to rise across the morning.
It said damage including broken overhead power lines, fallen trees across lines and broken poles will require repair work expected to continue into Sunday. A spokesperson said: Hundreds of extra staff have been brought in to help reinforce our normal capability. Our incident management centre at Craigavon has been opened, as have our local incident centres which are in locations across Northern Ireland and used by our teams to coordinate our localised response.
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