Storm Floris is bringing heavy rain, strong winds and widespread disruption to Ireland over the Bank Holiday weekend, with Met Eireann issuing a spate of weather warnings.

Storm Floris brought power outages and plane cancellations as Northern Ireland was hit by its strongest winds in 36 years.

Storm Floris made landfall in northern parts of the UK on the morning of Monday August 4 2025, bringing intense rainfall followed by severe winds throughout the afternoon. The Met Office issued an amber weather warning for much of Scotland and yellow alerts for parts of Northern Ireland and northern England.