Power outages caused by storm hits hundreds of homes across Mayo

The impact of Storm Ashley has left hundreds of homes across Mayo without a power supply.

They include up to 800 properties in the Castlebar area, over 1,000 in the Ballinrobe district, 200 in the Erris area, 400 in Cong and 100 in Charlestown.

This number is expected to rise over the coming hours.

There have also been outages reported in the Achill and Westport areas.

ESB crews are restoring power when it is safe to do so.