Ireland called in help from England and France as repair crews worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for years. Even as the cleanup continued, more wet and windy weather hit the U.

Storm Eowyn Friday continued to cause power outages for hundreds of thousands, knocked down trees and disrupted transportation as it moved across Scotland and Northern Ireland into Britain's West Midlands region.

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

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.

The first minister asks for patience as power outages and travel disruption look set to last over the weekend.

The storm had knocked out power to more than half a million utility customers by early Friday as it moved across Ireland.

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,