This video and these pictures show the power of Storm Abigail as it hit landfall in Ireland today.
Taken from Cruit Island, western Donegal this afternoon, the footage shows a large swell swamping the camera of kayaker and climber Iain Miller.
Iain said the winds were gusting at 100kms per hour and the average wave height in the bay was about five metres, as can be seen from the footage.
Earlier, Met Éireann warned of severe winds in the North West, with the worst to hit this evening.
Forecasters issued an orange weather alert, the second highest level of warning.
Gusts of up to 120 kilometres per hour are expected to hit Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo.
The worst of the conditions are due to arrive this evening, with the alert remaining in place until 6am tomorrow morning.
Met Éireann forecaster Siobhan Ryan said the winds look like they will peak in the west and north-western counties later in the afternoon and into the evening.
She said: "As they veer west, it will still be very windy overnight. But during the day on Friday, it doesn't ease.
"It will be a blustery day on Friday and there will still be further low-level warnings in place."