Greater Manchester has an amber yellow weather warning for wind, alongside a yellow weather warning are in place throughout much of Friday
Winds of 50mph have been recorded with gusts of up to 60mph expected by mid morning before wind speeds reduce in the early to late afternoon
Rail Services between Manchester Piccadilly and New Mills Central are currently being disrupted due to severe weather say Northern as are services between Wigan Wallgate and Southport
On the Metrolink there is major disruption this afternoon after overhead lines have been damaged in the Deansgate Castlefield area
”Engineers are working hard to fix the overhead line at Deansgate.However, it’s expected that the service changes will remain in place into the evening.
On the roads The A628 Woodhead Pass is closed in both directions due to strong winds between Tintwistle and A616 (Flouch Roundabout).
Manchester Airport have cancelled a number of flights with passengers being advised to check before travelling
1070 flights have been cancelled so far today to and from UK/Irish airports – that’s 20% of all scheduled flights
All ScotRail services have been cancelled and the operator says that services will not resume until at least lunchtime on Saturday
There are no trains north of Preston or Newcastle and no public transport in Northern Ireland
Red warnings are in place in Northern Ireland from 7am until 2pm on Friday, and for western and central areas of Scotland between 10am and 5pm,
About 4.5 million people received emergency alerts on their phones warning of the incoming storm in the “largest real-life use of the tool to date” on Thursday, with more amber and yellow weather warnings for wind and rain issued for across the weekend.
A gust of 100mph has been recorded at Drumalbin in South Lanarkshire in
Scotland, the strongest gust so far today in the UK, the Met Office said while a gust of 93mph has been recorded at Aberdaron in Gwynedd, north Wales earlier
Further afield the Republic of Ireland has seen its strongest winds recorded At 5am a gust of 183km/h (114mph) was recorded at Mace Head.The previous national record was 182kmh set in 1945.
