Storm Amy latest: Britain battered as up to 100mph winds and rain bring power cuts and travel disruption

Below, you can see the Met Office’s latest map detailing the warnings in place for Storm Amy today.

All eight of the Royal Parks, including Richmond Park and Hyde Park, will be shut today due to Storm Amy.

In a statement on its website, the Royal Parks said: “Due to severe wind gusts caused by Storm Amy, all of the royal parks, plus Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens will be closed on Saturday October 4.

“This closure includes all park roads and cycleways, cafes and kiosks, parks sports venues, the Serpentine lido and boating lake, and the royal parks shop.”

Opening times on Sunday will also be delayed because of safety inspections.

Scottish ferry company CalMac has announced it is expecting major delays on Saturday due to Storm Amy.

Scotrail has said there will be “considerable disruption” to train services as Storm Amy batters the UK.

“We’re advising customers to check their journey before they travel, via the ScotRail website, mobile app, or social media feeds,” said Mark Ilderton, the ScotRail service delivery director.

At least 60 incidents were reported on the network during the first two hours of the storm, as flooding and felled trees disturbing normal operations of service.

The Scottish government has urged people to delay travel if they can and to check ahead before setting off.

Hundreds of thousands of homes were left without power as Storm Amy brought widespread disruption.

On Friday, around 234,000 properties were left without power across the island of Ireland.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) have said they are still working to reconnect power to 62,000 customers.

As of 7.30am on Saturday, power had been restored to 16,500 customers but thousands were still without electricity due to wind gusts in excess of 100mph from Storm Amy, officials said.

Fraser Wilson, of SSEN, told BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “Work will continue this morning to get 62,000 people reconnected.

“We expect because of the extent of damage to the network and conditions we are still going to be facing today that this will take some time, this storm is not over by any means.”

Much of the country is covered by weather alerts.

The north of Scotland was covered by an amber warning for wind until 9pm on Saturday with yellow warnings covering the whole of Scotland, the north of England and north Wales until the end of the day. A further yellow warning for wind runs until 7pm in the rest of England and Wales.

Further yellow warnings for rain are in place in north and west Scotland until midnight and in Northern Ireland until noon.

Storm Amy is bringing further disruption as it sweeps across the UK and Ireland.

Traffic Scotland reported a lengthy list of road closures due to the bad weather with the Forth Road Bridge closed in both directions, while the Skye Bridge, Queensferry Crossing and Clackmannanshire Bridge were closed to high-sided vehicles.

The Tay Road Bridge reopened early on Saturday with a 30mph speed restriction and remained closed to high-sided vehicles.

The M9 eastbound near Stirling was among many stretches of roads closed because of falling trees, while the A78 at Skelmorlie has reopened after being closed for a spell overnight because of flooding.

ScotRail anticipated that some disruption to services would extend into Saturday, and possibly Sunday, while Network Rail carries out safety checks for obstructions on the line and damage to any infrastructure. National Rail warned of possible disruptions throughout the UK on Saturday.

All services via Glasgow Central and Glasgow Queen Street were suspended on Friday night and are not expected to operate until at least lunchtime on Saturday.

Network Rail Scotland route director Ross Moran said more than 60 incidents of flooding, fallen trees and debris on the tracks were reported across the network in the first two hours of the storm.

Avanti West Coast warned of “short-notice changes” on Saturday and “strongly recommended” customers making journeys north of Preston to check for updates before travelling.

CalMac Ferries said it expected many services to be disrupted on Saturday, with many routes cancelled, and into Sunday.

The M48 Severn Bridge between Gloucestershire and Wales was closed overnight because of high winds while parts of the A19 Tees Viaduct, the A66 in Cumbria and the A628 near Manchester were closed to high-sided vehicles.

Belfast International Airport said it was expecting delays on Saturday and advised passengers to check with airlines.

The Met Office said the highest recorded gust on Friday was at Tiree in the Hebrides at 96mph.

Meanwhile, a provisional October wind gust record for Northern Ireland was set as 92mph winds were measured at Magilligan in Co Londonderry.

Strong winds and heavy rain were causing further disruption as Storm Amy hit large parts of the UK on Saturday.

Much of the country was covered by weather alerts with wind gusts coming close to 100mph on Friday night.