A status Orange wind warning has been replaced by a Yellow wind and rain warning until 12pm in Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo.

A Yellow wind warning is also in place until 12pm for Dublin, Louth, Wicklow, Clare, Kerry, Galway and Mayo, as Storm Amy moves away from the country.

Thousands of homes were still waiting for power to be restored on Saturday morning following the first storm of the season.

Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather gave Newstalk the latest update.

“That heavy rain and strong winds this morning will clear, but some heavy falls of rain, especially in northern areas, this morning, with over 30 millimetres possible, but as we go through the morning to the afternoon, then we will see an improvement. The winds will slowly ease, and the rain will go back to being showers with good sunny spells developing,” he said.

On Friday night, 234,000 properties were without power across the island of Ireland as Storm Amy brought widespread disruption.

The storm also brought localised flooding, fallen trees, transport disruption, and school closures.

A man in his 40s died during a storm incident in Letterkenny, Co Donegal on Friday afternoon, gardaí confirmed. 

Bryan Cannon from Donegal County Council gave Newstalk this warning for drivers in the county after the Storm.

“There will be likely to be large amounts of debris on the roads, some roads may still remain blocked this morning following the orange and red phases of Storm Amy yesterday evening. I’d just advise the public to be very cautious when travelling,” he said.