The named storm - the third so far this year - has caused road closures, as well as rail, ferry and flight cancellations. Schools have closed in some parts of England and Northern Ireland, where thousands of properties were without power. Yellow warnings for wind, rain and snow remain in force across parts of England, Scotland and Wales, while an amber warning for wind is in place in the west of Northern Ireland, including Belfast. This latest weather front comes days after Storm Ingrid caused widespread damage and disruption over the weekend.

As a result, rain in parts of south-west England is falling on already saturated ground, making flooding more likely, according to the Met Office. The area was under an amber rain warning until Tuesday morning. People were rescued from 25 vehicles that became stuck in floodwater on Tuesday morning, according to firefighters in Devon and Somerset. Richard Foord, MP for Honiton and Sidmouth, said there were reports of around 20 flooded properties across Devon and Cornwall - a figure expected to increase as river levels peak.

Oliver Kimber's neighbours in Lostwithiel, Cornwall are among them after the lane they live on was inundated with water. "There was so much water and it was so fast that it just had nowhere else to go, and it was pushing it back up through the drains," he told BBC Radio Cornwall. The River Otter reached its highest recorded level in Ottery St Mary in Devon on Tuesday, the Environment Agency said. "At the moment, it's a raging torrent," Jackie Blackford, whose house overlooks the river, told BBC Radio Devon. "It is horrendous - I've never seen anything like it." Sections of several roads in Dorset, Somerset and eastern Devon have been closed due to flooding, while Devon County Council said it was also seeing "fallen trees and flooding across the network blocking many routes". (BBC)