OVER 53,000 HOMES, farms, and businesses are without power as Storm Ashley continues to sweep across the country.The worst impacted areas include Mayo, Galway, Sligo, Clare and Kerry, as well as North Cork and North Dublin.

Heavy rain is battering Lyndhurst this morning as Storm Ashley hits. A yellow weather warning was issued by the Met Office for the southwest of England, with the poor weather creeping into the east. The national weather service said there could be a threat travel disruption,

Storm Ashley is "likely" to bring a "danger to life" to millions of Britons today, with coastal areas particularly threatened. Yellow weather warnings are in place for the whole of Scotland, the north-west of England,