Clean-up operations are underway across the UK as communities survey the damage caused by Storm Darragh, which killed two people over the weekend.
Sunday evening brings an end to severe weather warnings of winds and rain instead of Friday, which has resulted in chaos on the roads and in many areas severe flooding and flooding.
On Saturday morning, a man in his 40s was killed when a tree fell on his driveway on the A59 at Longton, near Preston, while another man died at around 3am when a tree fell on his car in Erdington, Birmingham.
At 3am, a bus driver was taken to hospital after the Translink airport express bus left its route and hit a wall near Antrim in Northern Ireland.
There were winds of nearly 100 mph in some areas on Saturday and more than a quarter of a million people they had remained without power in the west of England and Wales.
By 7pm on Sunday, 94% of homes that had suffered power outages had been connected, the Energy Networks Association said, leaving 118,000 people without power.
The rail network has been blighted by delays and cancellations, services with Southeastern and Thameslink have been particularly badly affected and all lines between Wolverhampton and Stafford have been closed due to a tree blocking the line.
In Wales, the owner of Llandudno’s historic pier said it would be a “miracle” if the structure survived the storm intact, as pictures emerged of the kiosk being pulled from its foundations and damage to other parts of the 1878 construction before the 2.42 tide. on Sunday afternoon.
Adam Williams, Tir Prince, who has owned the site since 2015, said North Wales Live: “It is a biblical storm. We have never known such a bad one. The storm still has a long way to go, but if it survives, it will be a miracle.”
However, the pier remained in place on Sunday, despite suffering severe damage, when pieces of the 150-year-old wooden structure were found more than a mile offshore.
A fundraiser organized on Saturday evening for the repairs of the beloved pillar had reached nearly £7,000 by Sunday afternoon.
Capel Curig in North Wales was exposed to 96mph winds on Saturday after a “danger to life” emergency alert was sent to about 3 million people’s mobile phones on Friday evening. Winds of 70mph continue into Sunday.
Sporting events such as the League Derby between Everton and Liverpool have been called off, and transport and flights have been cancelled, with those looking to come from the UK to Germany having fun.
On Sunday, a yellow weather watch for winds remained in place across England, Wales and the southern tip of Scotland, with a rare warning of rain in the east of northern England. As much as 60mm was expected over high ground in the Cheviots, Pennines and North Yorkshire Moors, the Met Office said.
However, the Met Office said it would be Monday, with a frosty start and variable cloud leading to further showers.
The environment agency, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency Cyfoeth and Natural Resources Cymru have issued more than 200 flood warnings and alerts to authorities in England, Scotland and Wales.
A spokesman for the agency said: “Local flooding of rivers and surface water is likely in parts of the west, north-east and north-west of England on Sunday.
“Local flooding on Monday and Tuesday along parts of the River Severn in Shropshire, Worcester and Gloucester could continue until Tuesday. Land, roads and some properties could be flooded and travel could be disrupted.
Speaking to the BBC on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Deputy First Minister Angela Rayner said there was a need for greater environmental protection to help prevent flooding in the future, especially with plans to build 1.5m homes over the next five years.
“We have to take into account that with 1.5m houses, we have to make an effort to get things in an environmental place,” said Rayner.
He said it had been 30 years since the dam was built and it was important to “deliver the infrastructure we desperately needed”.
She added: “We have to invest in this way, because otherwise we can’t get the homes and new infrastructure and jobs that we desperately need and growth.”