Last night’s storm has led to severe flooding in the northwest

Last night, heavy rain, and thunder and lightning led to major flash flooding across Donegal and Derry.

The severe weather conditions left over 500 homes without power in north Donegal and a further 600 with no electricity across Northern Ireland.

RTE has reported that the flooding began in Donegal and eventually moved its way into Derry.

Up to 60 floods reports were received by emergency services last night after 7pm.

Localised flooding at the bottom of Skeoge in Derry this evening. Sent in to @qnewsdesk by a listener who says several cars are stranded pic.twitter.com/8BFTPICoWc

— David Hunter (@davidhunter7) August 22, 2017

Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service said that many incidents occurred in the west of the province.

“Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service are continuing to deal with a large number of flood related incidents across the province as a result of localised heavy rainfall.

NIFRS has carried out a number of rescues of persons trapped in vehicles in flood water and we would advise all road users to exercise extreme caution overnight.”