For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeLondon’s famed Royal Parks shut their gates Saturday and road, rail and sea travel faced major disruption as a storm walloped the U.K., Ireland and Scandinavia with heavy rain and high winds. More than 200,000 properties in Ireland and Northern Ireland were left without power, and a man died in Letterkenny, northwest Ireland, on Friday in what police called a weather-related incident, without giving details. Storms with the potential to cause serious disruption or damage are given names jointly by the U.K., Irish and Dutch weather agencies. Tens of thousands of homes lost power as strong gusts brought down trees and power lines throughout Scandinavia.