Met Office issues red warnings, with 100mph winds and serious disruption expected

• Storm Eowyn live – latest updates

More than 1,000 flights were cancelled and a number of main roads closed as millions of people in the UK and Ireland were asked to stay home amid red “danger to life” warnings owing to a rare “weather bomb” brought by Storm Éowyn.

Rail and ferry services were cancelled on Friday as the storm left hundreds of thousands without power and forced the closure of businesses and schools across Northern Ireland and Scotland.