Storm hits power supplies

A storm working its way across Northern Ireland tonight caused power cuts to thousands of homes and businesses.

A storm working its way across Northern Ireland tonight caused power cuts to thousands of homes and businesses.

Northern Ireland Electricity said there had been approximately 450 damaging lightning strikes to the electricity network.

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