Closing summary
We are now closing the live blog. Here is a recap of events. Keep safe.
An amber weather warning, highlighting a danger to life, is in place in the north of Scotland until 9pm on Saturday for Grampian, Highlands & Eilean Siar and Orkney & Shetland.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for wind covering the whole of the UK. A yellow rain warning is in place until midnight tonight for the Highlands & Eilean Siar.
Scotland is facing continued power outages, mainly in the Highlands which have been worst affected by weather. This morning Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks said they were working to restore power to 62,000 people.
ScotRail said around 80 trees had been brought down on lines and engineers were checking routes before resuming services.
Rail and ferry services have been disrupted with travel operators advising people to check with their operators for cancellations or delays.
The environment agency has issued 6 flood warnings, meaning flooding is expected, and 24 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible.
Major parks have been closed, including all eight of London’s royal parks.
Tens of thousands of properties are without power across the island of Ireland as a clean-up gets under way. By midday on Saturday, 49,000 properties were without power in the Republic of Ireland and 22,000 in Northern Ireland.
Some sporting fixtures in the UK were cancelled due to the weather.
A man in his 40s was killed in Letterkenny Co Donegal, on Friday afternoon in a weather-related incident. The incident happened at about 4.15pm.
A yellow wind warning is in place until midnight tonight for Central, Tayside & Fife, East Midlands, Grampian, Highlands & Eilean Siar, North East England, North West England, Orkney & Shetland, SW Scotland, Lothian Borders; Strathclyde, Wales and Yorkshire & Humber.
A yellow wind warning is in place until 7pm today for East Midlands, East of England, London & South East England, North West England, South West England, Wales, West Midlands and Yorkshire & Humber.
A yellow wind warning is in place from midnight until midday tomorrow (Sunday) for Central, Tayside & Fife, Grampian, Highlands & Eilean Siar, Orkney & Shetland, SW Scotland, Lothian Borders.
A yellow wind warning is in place until midnight Saturday for Northern Ireland.
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Storm Amy also wreaked havoc on Sweden, Denmark and Norway from late Friday into Saturday. Tens of thousands of homes lost power as strong gusts brought down trees and power lines throughout Scandinavia, the Associated Press reports. Heavy rainfall and high tides battered coastal areas.
The high winds also saw golf at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland suspended.
Tournament organisers announced that no further play would be possible on Saturday, with the third round now set to start on Sunday morning, PA Media reports.
