Millions of people in Ireland and northern parts of the U.K. heeded the advice of authorities to stay at home Friday in the face of hurricane-force winds that disabled power networks and brought widespread travel disruptions.

This is the first red warning issued for Northern Ireland since a new impact-based alert system was introduced by the Met Office in 2011. It is also the first time a red warning has been issued across the whole of Ireland, with Met Éireann issuing the highest level alert across the Republic.

A further yellow wind warning stretching from the south coast up to north east England is in place from 10pm on Sunday until 7am on Monday, while a rain warning covering southern and central England and Wales is in place until 6am on Monday. Another rain warning over most of Wales will remain in place until 11:59pm on Monday.

Storm Herminia is set to batter the UK with heavy winds just 48 hours after Storm Eowyn blasted parts of Britain with record-breaking gusts of 100mph

But with trees toppled, power lines down and buildings left with gaping holes blown into them by Storm Eowyn, Herminia could still cause some major damage. Met Office meteorologis