Two men and a woman have been killed as the remnants of Hurricane Ophelia hit the British Isles.
As hurricane-force gusts battered the Republic of Ireland, one woman and a man died in separate incidents when trees fell on their cars.
A second man died in a chainsaw accident while attempting to remove a tree felled by the storm.
Thousands of homes and businesses lost power in Northern Ireland and Wales, along with 360,000 in the Republic.
BBC Weather said the strongest winds recorded so far were at Roches Point, near Cork in the Republic of Ireland, where they reached 97mph.
Ireland's meteorological service said its highest gust was 109mph at Fastnet Rock.
Skies have turned red and yellow as Ophelia drags dust from the Sahara through the atmosphere.
Ophelia has arrived from the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean and coincides with the 30th anniversary of the UK's Great Storm of 1987.
BBC Ireland correspondent Chris Page said it would be the most severe storm to hit Ireland in half a century.
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