Image of the week: Storm Floris

Storm Floris brought unseasonably strong winds and heavy rain as it moved past northwestern Ireland, across northern UK, especially Scotland, and then on to Denmark and Norway.

Over 10,000 homes and businesses lost power in Ireland as the storm swept past the northwest coast. Scotland was particularly badly hit by the storm, with gusts of up to 100 mph in some areas, which damaged power lines leaving more than 50,000 homes without power and falling trees caused extensive disruption to rail networks.