Dramatic photos from across the UK show the extent of the havoc wreaked by Storm Eunice, forecast to be one of the worst storms in three decades.
Travel has been majorly disrupted with flights cancelled, railway lines closed, trains stranded between stations and bridges closed.
The Government is meeting for an emergency Cobra and the army is on “high readiness standby” after two very rare red alert warnings for extremely strong winds and a “danger to life” were issued.
A fallen branch hits a car in a car park in Lyme Regis, west Dorset (Photo: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire)
Waves crash over the Newhaven harbour breakwater and lighthouse. People have been urged to avoid the coastline (Photo: Matt Dunham/AP)
People struggle in the wind as they walk across Westminster Bridge (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)
Fallen trees on Brynfield Road, Langland, in Swansea (Photo by Mark Sainsbury/PA Wire)
People push a car out of the snow in Auchterarder, central Scotland, on February (Photo by Andy Buchanan/AFP)
Waves crash against the sea wall and Porthcawl Lighthouse Bridgend, Wales (Photo: Jacob King/PA Wire)
The roof of the O2 Arena has been seriously damaged by the wind (Photo by Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)
A fallen tree blocks a road in Tenby (Photo by Rebecca Naden/Reuters)
A lorry lays on its side after being blown over by the wind on the M4 motorway near Margam in south Wales (Photo: Geoff Caddick/AFP)
A fallen tree blocks a road near to Canford Bottom in Dorset (photo by Andrew Matthews/PA)
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