Power being restored after disruption caused by Storm Chandra

Homes are being reconnected to electricity following a day of disruption across Northern Ireland due to Storm Chandra.

At the height of the storm, thousands were without power and more than 350 schools closed.

At least one person was injured during the stormy conditions, with a woman taken to hospital after a tree fell on a car in Lisbellaw, County Fermanagh.

A yellow rain and wind warning was in place across Northern Ireland until midnight. The Met Office also issued an ice warning across Northern Ireland from 03:00 GMT on Wednesday until 10:00.

On Tuesday night, workers from the Department of Infrastructure used a tractor to pump flood water from areas in Antrim.

Sandy McCluskie, who lives near the flooding in Meadowside, said although water did not get into his home, he was definitely "panicking".

"The water got to just an inch below the house and flooded the back porch. It didn't even come in from the river, it came up through the drains, so the drains were not getting the water away and that's where the problem has been."

McCluskie said having been in this situation in the past, he felt there was cause for concern.

"Eighteen years ago it came into the house and was about five foot deep, so we were panicking that we were going to get the same again," he said.

"The only thing I would say is that the agencies were conspicuous with their absence.

"I don't know whether they could have done more but they could have at least assured people of what they were trying to do."

Earlier, two men living in Antrim had to be rescued after they were trapped in their home when the downstairs flooded.

Video footage from inside their Riverside home showed water levels reaching just below the window sill, after the the Six Mile Water River burst its banks.

David Letherman told BBC News NI it was frightening to see water come into the house through the door.

"I'm just in shock of it happening today," Letherman said.

Joanne Elder, a member of the Riverside-Massereene Street Residents' Association, has been living in the area since 2006.

She said the flooding on Tuesday was "not far off 2008" when many homes in the area were flooded.

"It just feels that we reach another crisis and it becomes a crisis where everybody is sort of then running around. There's no coordinated approach," she said.

Katesbridge experienced so much rainfall in the past 24 hours that it not only set a new daily January rainfall record, but also had its wettest day on record overall.

The County Down weather station measured 100.8mm of rain between 09:00 BST on Monday and 09:00 on Tuesday.

The site normally records 82.15mm during the entire month of January.

The previous January record stood at 38.2mm, set on 15 January 2005, with the site being in operation for 42 years.

With four days still remaining in the month, rainfall totals at the site have already reached 197% of the January average.

Peak wind gusts on Tuesday morning reached 81mph (130km/h) at Orlock Head on the Ards Peninsula. The following gusts were also recorded:

• 64mph (103km/h) - Magilligan, Derry
• 63mph (101km/h) - Ballypatrick, Antrim
• 59mph (95km/h) - Castlederg, Tyrone
• 58mph (93km/h) - Aldergrove, Antrim

Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) said that at lunchtime on Tuesday about 3,800 properties were without power, down from a peak of about 10,000, and they had been escalating their response since the early hours.

At 16:00 GMT that number had dropped to about 2,000 without electricity.

"As we carry out repairs there is a chance that customers could experience temporary outages as the team isolate areas of the network to make them safe to restore," a spokesperson said.

Martin Fallon, who lives on the Antrim Road near Belfast International Airport, said it was the worst flooding in six or seven years.

Martin and his wife placed sandbags at a neighbour's door where water had gathered inside.

He said the water had been "quite high" at his neighbour's front door.

"It's very deep, a good couple of feet.

"There's a grating that keeps getting covered in leaves and branches, it's never getting emptied so water comes over the top and just floods straight through."

Houses in Culcavy, County Down, were at risk of flooding after a nearby river burst its banks on Tuesday afternoon.

David Dunlop, a farmer based in the area, said he used a digger to create dams out of soil to try and redirect the flooding from the houses.

"I think we just saved them and no more," he said.

"There's one house certainly was within an inch of getting flooded."

Killylea Road was among the areas badly affected in Armagh on Tuesday, where a number of houses were flooded as a result of high levels on the River Callan.

Pauline Quigley spoke to BBC News NI outside her home at St Patrick's Park in the city, where the water was nearly knee deep.

"I want a wall along the back of the houses to prevent water coming in from the river so this isn't happening all the time," she said.

"We lost everything three years ago, everything had to be dumped.

"There is nobody running with sandbags to us.

"I'm getting angry now because I am fed up with it."

A number of roads across Northern Ireland were closed due to flooding and other storm-related incidents, with police advising motorists to exercise caution.

The M1, which was partially closed due to flood water between junction six Saintfield Road and junction eight at Blaris, reopened after a number of hours.

Translink warned that due to poor weather conditions, passengers should allow for delays and possible disruption to their journey, with speed restrictions in place on all train lines.

A number of services were affected, including the cross-border Enterprise service to Dublin which operated a bus substitution service between Newry and Dundalk.

Other train services and some bus routes were also affected, with Translink advising customers to check their website before travelling.

Lanyon Place station in Belfast was closed all day on Tuesday.

All flights to and from Belfast City Airport were cancelled on Tuesday morning with some disruption to flights continuing in the afternoon.

Belfast International Airport said that Storm Chandra had caused delays to flights.

More than 350 schools took the decision to close on Tuesday.

All Belfast Met campuses were also closed, with classes moved online.

The South Eastern Regional College (SERC) also closed its campuses while Ulster University closed its Belfast, Coleraine and Jordanstown campuses.

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In the Republic of Ireland, the electricity provider ESB said on Tuesday evening that about 2,500 homes, farms and businesses were without power, down from a peak of 30,000.

The majority of those affected were in the east of the country.

Dublin Fire Brigade said they had responded to a number of flooding and water rescue incidents - with motorists taken to safety after they became trapped in floods.

A Status Yellow rain warning has been issued for counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow and Waterford.

A Status Yellow wind warning has also been issued for the entire country.

There have been multiple road and school closures in County Wexford due to the river Slaney bursting its banks.

Enniscorthy town has been badly hit with about 30 homes and 20 businesses affected.