A weather forecaster is hopeful the Northern Sound region will miss most of the storm's impact.

In September we will see at that stage if we need to make a plan.

It's because of a phenomenon called a Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event.

'Winds will be very strong right through the afternoon and this evening'

'In Curla parish there is a school and one section of the road is extremely dangerous at the present time'  

'Eight treated routes are fixed and cannot be altered'