Hundreds of homes and businesses have been hit by power cuts, and roads and a railway line have been blocked, as heavy rain and high winds battered parts of the UK.
Yellow weather warnings were in place on Wednesday for areas of Wales, the north-west and south of England and west Scotland, with travel disruption predicted in some parts into the early hours of Thursday.
More than 500 homes had power cuts in Wales, from Carmarthenshire and Monmouthshire in the south to the Llŷn peninsula in the north. There were also outages in Somerset and Cornwall.
The Met Office issued a yellow severe weather warning lasting until 6pm covering much of Wales and north-west England, saying heavy rain could lead to flooding.
A separate yellow warning was in place for parts of western Scotland, where winds of up to 75mph were expected to hit coastlines on Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Heavy rain was also predicted for a swathe of southern and eastern England, including London. Up to 20mm of rain was predicted to fall in an hour in some places.
By Wednesday lunchtime, Natural Resources Wales had 11 flood warnings and 30 flood alerts in place. The Environment Agency had one flood warning in place in England, for Keswick campsite in Cumbria, and 13 alerts.
Traffic Wales reported flooding on roads across the country and there were restrictions on some bridges, while there were rail delays in the Swansea area because of a fallen tree.
In Plymouth, a military parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the Royal Navy receiving the freedom of the city took place inside the Guildhall instead of outside because of the wind and rain.
Devon has had a particularly miserable time of it this week, with flash flooding hitting homes and businesses on Sunday and causing Exeter airport to shut temporarily.
A hosepipe ban across Cornwall and Devon will be lifted next Monday, South West Water has said. The utility said all restrictions, many of which came into force in August 2022, were being lifted after reviews of reservoir levels.
The Met Office said the warm, strong winds would be replaced by chillier northwesterly ones by the end of the week, just in time for the autumn equinox on Saturday.
