Storm Amy LIVE: Weather warnings in place as UK battered by 100mph winds

Storm Amy has hit many parts of the UK and is expected to cause further disruption, with more heavy rain and strong winds forecast throughout the day.

Weather warnings covering the whole of the UK are in place on Saturday and include alerts for both wind and rain, the Met Office said, after winds of up to 100mph were forecast for Friday evening.

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

The Met Office said the highest recorded gust on Friday was at Tiree in the Hebrides at 96mph, while a provisional October wind gust record for Northern Ireland was set as 92mph winds were measured at Magilligan in Co Londonderry.

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The weather body said wind and rain was expected to ease throughout the evening for much of the country, but severe gales are forecast to continue in north east Scotland with a yellow warning for wind in place from midnight until 9am on Sunday, covering the Orkney and Shetland Islands, Highlands, Aberdeenshire and Moray.

Sunday is expected to turn dry and less windy with sunny spells for most areas, but outbreaks of rain developing in the north west.

Met Office forecaster Craig Snell said the storm was “certainly making her presence known” across the country as winds in excess of 100mph were expected on Friday night.

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He said: “Thankfully, the really, really strong winds will begin to ease a tad as we go into the smaller hours of Saturday morning, but we are still going to be seeing gusts reaching between 70 and 90 miles an hour across northern Scotland as we go