It could take days to restore power in some places, officials say, as warnings for high winds remain.
Mallory Moench & Christy CooneyNearly one million properties are without power in the UK and Ireland and significant travel disruption continues after Storm Éowyn brought gusts of up to 114mph .
Around 138,000 people were without water, a figure Irish Water said was likely to increase because of power outages at treatment plants and pumping stations. Northern Irish Education Minister Paul Givan said 60 schools had reported "significant damage to some buildings" and that officials were working to establish which ones would be unable to open on Monday.
Edinburgh Airport said it would still be operating under "challenging conditions" on Saturday and that the disruption on Friday would have knock-on impact on services over the next few days. "I didn't feel seriously alarmed because there was about 30ft between me and the carport and it just lifted up quite steadily and tilted over," he recalled.
"As we were driving along the coast earlier, waves were coming up onto the road and my van literally went from being in the right lane to being up on the curb," he said, adding: "Thankfully, we're in quite a big van".
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