Storm Ophelia is battering the UK and Ireland with gusts of up to 80mph.
The storm, which was previously classified as a hurricane as it made its way across the Atlantic, comes exactly 30 years after the Great Storm of 1987 killed 18 people.
Here are some pictures from affected areas:
A fallen tree branch on James Larkin Road, Dublin (Caroline Quinn/PA)
A family walking on pier wall during storm Ophelia on East Pier in Howth, Dublin (Caroline Quinn/PA)
Choppy waters of the River Liffey in front of the Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin (Caroline Quinn/PA)
A man struggles to walk in strong winds in Cornwall (Ben Birchall/PA)
A man struggles to stand up in strong winds in Cornwall (Ben Birchall/PA)
A man shelters from the waves and high wind at Lahinch in County Clare on the West Coast of Ireland (Niall Carson/PA)
People battle the waves and high wind at Lahinch in County Clare on the West Coast of Ireland (Niall Carson/PA)
A woman walks past waves crashing on the sea wall at Penzanze, Cornwall (Ben Birchall/PA)
Waves break on the sea wall at Penzanze, Cornwall (Ben Birchall/PA)
Waves break on Longships lighthouse off the coast of Lands End, Cornwall (Ben Birchall/PA)
Staff from the Northern Ireland Road Service close the Peace Bridge in Londonderry (Siobhan Fenton/PA)
Waves break around the church in the harbour at Porthleven, Cornwall (Ben Birchall/PA)
People on the pier wall during storm Ophelia on East Pier in Howth, Dublin (Caroline Quinn/PA)
Members of the public take photographs of waves crashing on the sea wall at Penzanze (Ben Birchall/PA)
Saltcoats on the west coast of Scotland (John Linton/PA)
Road closure at the Wooden Bridge to North Bull Island, Clontarf, Dublin (Caroline Quinn/PA)