The Met Office said that winds of around 50mph affected most of Northern Ireland with 15mm of rain having fallen by 11pm and 20-40mm expected by this morning, reaching 60mm on higher ground.
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It is set to pour more misery on flood-ravaged homeowners in northern England today, with officials warning them to brace themselves for further damage from torrential rain and gale-force winds.
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Sara McClintock of NIE Networks said: “Storm Frank came through with a real bang and it affected all across Northern Ireland”.
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“There will be a risk of flooding of low lying areas adjacent to the River Dee, this includes the caravan park, and properties on Dee Street, Ballater”.
Rising river levels also threatened downtown Manchester and police dealt with a ruptured gas main and small fire believed to have been caused by the flooding.
Floods manager Lisa Pinney said: “Overnight we’ve had some rain but more wind”.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency had issued 60 flood warnings and 14 alerts on Wednesday, although there were fears that number would rise throughout the day.
Yellow warnings for rain have been issued for Wales, Highlands and Eilean Siar, north-east England, Yorkshire and Humber, and south-west England.
Storm Frank, which is the sixth named storm of the season, could bring gales or severe gales to parts of the United Kingdom from Tuesday evening into Wednesday.
The Met Office has issued an Amber warning for persistent and heavy rain for large parts of central and southern Scotland and up into Angus and Aberdeenshire.
Some disruption to transport is possible.
The weather warning is in place from 12.15am until 11.45pm.
“Due to the saturated ground and high loch levels there may be flooding to low-lying land and roads, which may cause disruption to travel”.
According to Met Eireann, southerly winds associated with Storm Frank will reach mean speeds of 65 to 80 kilometres an hour, in those counties, with gusts of 100 to 120 kilometres an hour, strongest in coastal areas this afternoon, evening, and early night, they said.
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“As you say, there’s another front coming in, there could be more flooding again so we really need emergency services, voluntary groups, mountain rescue to rest to be ready for what could be a very bad situation Wednesday, Thursday”.
