Northern Ireland has been hit by strong winds as Storm Floris landed on Monday morning. Several flights have been cancelled to and from Belfast City and Dublin Airports, and hundreds of properties lost power. A weather warning for strong winds took effect from 06:00 BST and is in place until midnight.

Authorities in Scotland have canceled trains and closed parks as a rare summer storm brings destructive winds to northern Britain.

Hundreds of trains, dozens of ferries and more than 150 flights cancelled – with two making 900-mile ‘flights to nowhere’