Your pictures: Storm Katie destruction across the UK

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Storm Katie destruction in Chadwell Heath, Essex. Credit: @fantasiasamplings on Instagram
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Winds of more than 70mph are battering parts of England and Wales. People are sharing their images of Storm Katie destruction on social media including this one taken in Chadwell Heath, Essex. Credit: @fantasiasamplings on Instagram.

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@cissyb1503 on Instagram posted her greenhouse before and after Storm Katie hit in Fleet, Hampshire.

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The main shopping street in Woodley, Reading. Alex Morgan says: "The scaffolding from the building on the left has been ripped off and now covers the high street".

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@cindythecrazycatlady posted this picture on Instagram of her destroyed fence in Chatham, Kent.

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This aerial view taken by @becksworth on Instagram shows us Storm Katie destruction in her garden in Portsmouth, Hampshire.

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In Twickenham, London, some green parakeets lost their home. Laurence Isherwood says: “I heard this fall this morning at around 1am. I could hear it breaking for a short while. It was worrying the way it fell. The parakeets usually wake me up with their chirping.”

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Jenny Eldershaw, meanwhile, had a rather different view from her window in Buxton, Derbyshire, this morning thanks to Storm Katie.

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Gary Cormack, in Croydon, has sent us this picture from his street. He says: "A house on the corner of our road was having an extension built. Scaffolding had been erected as a temporary roof whilst they cut into the roof. At 4am this morning the winds bought the scaffolding down onto two cars.”

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A crane appears to have felt the full force of Storm Katie's strong winds in Greenwich, south east London, as tweeted by Gavin Rolfe

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@Beaulieumorley via Instagram took this shot of a tree down in Hampshire. If you have any pictures to share message us on either WhatsApp +44 7525 900971 or email yourpics@bbc.co.uk.

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