Ireland has called in help from England and France to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for years.

The storm brought 100 mile-per-hour winds to the island and also battered Scotland and northern England. Britain’s weather office issued a red warning, its highest level of alert.

Emergency crews are cleaning up after a storm bearing record-breaking winds left at least one person dead and more than a million without power across the island of Ireland and Scotland.

Record high winds from Storm Eowyn battered Ireland and Northern Ireland on Friday, leaving one man dead and almost one-third of Irish homes and businesses without power and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights.

More than 400,000 properties across the UK and Ireland remain without power after the battering by Storm Éowyn, with repair efforts hampered by continuing strong winds and rain. In Northern Ireland about 101,

Thousands of Scots remain without power, days on from the disruption and damage brought by Storm Eowyn. Scottish Power Energy Networks, which provides central and southern Scotland, said 2,964 homes are yet to be reconnected.