More than 140,000 homes still without power after Storm Éowyn

More than 140,000 properties are still without power in Northern Ireland as the clean-up from Storm Éowyn continues.

It brought winds of more than 90mph and, at the peak, left 30% of homes and businesses without power.

Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) Networks say some residents will be without power for up to 10 days.

The organisation's managing director Derek Hynes said he has "issued requests across Europe and into GB" and to the UK government for support in restoring services.

A yellow weather warning for snow and ice is in place across Northern Ireland and will last until 10:00 GMT on Sunday.

Four trees at the beauty spot made famous by the fantasy drama Game of Thrones have fallen down.

Bob McCallion, from Save the Dark Hedges, said a fifth tree that was damaged might have to be cut down.

"I could have predicted this because the wind direction is the same as Storm Isha," he told BBC News NI.

"This happens quite regularly," he said.

Northern Ireland saw the highest gust in 27 years, with 92.2mph (148km/h) recorded at Killowen in County Down on Friday.

The rare red weather warning, which came in on Friday morning, ended at 14:00 GMT.

A major clean up is under way in the north west after a large tree came down outside the Parochial House at St Patrick's church in Pennyburn.

The church authorities had taken the precaution of having a number of other trees, which were a potential danger, trimmed down previously.

Services at the chapel are unaffected.

In a statement, the Department for Infrastructure said: "There were over 2,300 reported obstructions on the road network during the storm including hundreds on motorways."

"Hazards remain on many roads across the north while the clearance operation continues."

Minister John O'Dowd said: "The work involved in opening just one road can take many hours. For example, 70 trees had to be cleared yesterday to re-open the M2."

The power went out in Louise McKillion's Castlewellan home at about 4am on Friday morning.

She told BBC News NI that the family of five, which includes a 17-month-old baby and a child with autism, has had to seek shelter in a nearby youth hostel.

"It's really difficult," she said. "The kids are supposed to go to school on Monday, but I have no uniforms washed. I'll have to ask the school if they can wear their normal clothes."

Ms McMcKillion said she has been told it could be "a few days longer, or up to ten days" until power is restored to her home.

"Nobody can shower, and nobody can have a hot meal—it's terrible," she said.

"You don't realise the impact that has until you're actually put into it and see how much you need electricity and heat."

Holly McConnell volunteers at Almost Home Animal Rescue in Moira, which currently shelters over 300 dogs.

She said the lack of heat and electricity has had a big impact on their abilities to care for them, and some of the puppies may need to be fostered.

"The main issue now is the lack of electricity, it makes it very dangerous for volunteers to be on shift past 16:30 GMT without any light," McConnell said.

"We also have vulnerable dogs that are older and need heating as well; it's just been really difficult."

Ms McConnell said she is worried if the power is going to be out much longer than the next day or two.

"It's going to make it really difficult to provide care for them; they might have to go to fosters, especially the puppies, as we really do need the heating and electric and the hot water for them to keep them warm."

In County Fermanagh, thousands of properties remain without power.

Many buildings suffered damage including the former tourist office in the centre of Enniskillen.

A large tree fell at the Round O jetty, in Enniskillen, narrowly missing boats moored nearby.

NIE said it has been able to restore power to 145,000 properties so far.

The managing director of NIE Networks said Storm Éowyn caused "devastating levels of damage" to the electricity network.

"We've never seen anything like that," Derek Hynes told BBC News NI, adding that they have asked for support from colleagues elsewhere.

"We're hoping over the next few days that we will see people pouring onto the island through Belfast, through Dublin, to come here and support us," he said.

He said there are well over 4,000 locations in Northern Ireland where the NIE network has been damaged by the wind or falling trees.

NIE Networks is "prioritising faults" which affect the largest numbers of homes and businesses, but that it's likely that it will take up to 10 days to restore power to all residents.

He said NIE received 20,000 calls in the first 10 hours of the storm.

Train lines are beginning to reopen following "extensive damage" across the network.

Translink said the Belfast routes to Bangor and Portadown have reopened.

The cross border route to Dublin terminates at Drogheda with a bus replacement taking passengers the rest of the journey.

Clearance work is continuing on the Larne and Londonderry line.

Metro, Glider and Ulsterbus services returned on Friday with some diversions in place.

In the Republic of Ireland, where a red warning was also in place, about 442,000 are without power as of 12:15 local time on Saturday, down from a peak of 768,000.

A man died after a tree fell on the car he was driving in Raphoe, County Donegal.

A spokesperson for Uisce Éireann said more than 120,000 people are without water and warned that supplies for a further 275,000 people were at risk.

Provisional new records for wind speed were recorded in the Republic Ireland, with hurricane-force sustained winds of 85 mph (137 km/h) at Mace Head, County Galway.

Meanwhile, further weather warnings have been issued across Northern Ireland ahead of Storm Herminia.

The system is not forecast to be as severe for Northern Ireland as Storm Éowyn.

A yellow weather warning for snow and ice in Northern Ireland will start at 18:00 GMT on Saturday and will last until 10:00 on Sunday.

A yellow wind warning will then be in place from 10:00 GMT to 19:00 on Sunday.

The Met Office is warning of gusts between 40 to 50 mph, with coasts and hills possibly seeing gusts of up to 60 mph.

Those gusts could hamper clean up operations and repairs following Storm Éowyn.

To report faults or emergencies you should contact:

• Northern Ireland Housing Executive: 03448 920 901
• Openreach: 08000 23 20 23
• Gas networks: 0800 002001
• NI Water: 03457 44 00 88 or visit niwater.com
• Flooding Incident Line: 0300 2000 100
• NIE Networks: 03457 643 643 or visit nienetworks.co.uk