This was the scene as firefighters were called out to deal with storm damage at the King’s Court apartments in Ramsey.

The island escaped serious disruption after Storm Hector swept through last night (Wednesday) and this morning, with severe gales gusting up to 64mph in Ramsey.

But Hector brought trees and debris onto some roads.

And at 6am today Ramsey fire crews were called to the King’s Court apartments after a section of the roof of the services/plant room was dislodged by the high winds.

Working with the building’s maintenance team and the police, firefighters secured the ground floor area to prevent the public being struck by any further loose debris.

They then stemmed the flow of water leaking into apartments on the upper floors. Crews were in attendance for about an hour.

Around the same time, a crew from Douglas fire station was called out to secure a shop sign on North Quay that had become loose in the winds.

The public were urged to avoid the area of North Quay while emergency services made safe the loose sign but it was removed before most people were on their way to work.

Elsewhere, the main road just north of Glen Maye was blocked for a time last night due to a fallen tree.

And motorists were urged to take care following the first significant rain in three weeks on roads that may have had rubber and oils laid down by race bikes and visitors over the TT period.

The Met Office recorded gusts of up to 52mph at Ronaldsway but they were higher further north, reaching up to 70mph at the Mountain Box.

Storm Hector, a force nine severe gale, which has battered Northern Ireland and Scotland, brought less rain than expected to the Isle of Man with 10mm recorded at lower levels and 15-20mm over the hills.

Summer storms in June are rare, the last ones recorded in 2015 and 2006 but between 1966 and 2005 there were none at all.