It's not a great morning for fishing as Clive Solly, from Bills Bait and Tackle Shop in Dover, shows in his video. Very rough seas hitting the pier.

Image source, Reuters

It started with Abigail, continuing via Barney, Clodagh, Desmond, Eva, Frank, Gertrude, Henry, Imogen, and Jake. Now Storm Katie is the latest in the line of storms and weather events that have happened across the UK since November.

The Met Office began naming storms as a way to keep the public better informed and more prepared for bad weather. 

It's left some people wondering whether this winter has been worse than average, given the number of named storms there have been. Or is the new convention of naming them simply grabbing more attention? 

Read more about storm naming here from the BBC News magazine

The Port of Dover has closed, external until 1100 GMT due to the adverse weather and all ferry services are currently suspended.

Then next P&O ferry sailing is expected to be the Dover to Calais at 1205. 

We are informed by BBC Weather presenter Carol Kirkwood that Storm Katie is continuing to track across southern and southeastern England, but we will start to see an improvement as the day goes on. 

Coupled with heavy rain, there is some hill snow on the higher routes across Wales, Shropshire, the Midlands, the Peak District and the Pennines this morning and it is causing some nasty travelling conditions. 

This will all clear the east coast of England by early afternoon, by which time the wind will be easing and we will see a return to sunshine and showers (quite a lot of showers in south west England later).

Temperatures: 8-13C

In Scotland and Northern Ireland it’s a chilly start with some pockets of frost and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. But for you it is a much better day than yesterday with sunshine and showers - more emphasis on the sunshine than the showers - and light winds.

Temperatures: 7-9C

Rob Moore sent us this image and tells us: "It hit our house but thankfully only tile damage. Largest tree in Hampshire down according to the Highways Agency guy this morning who has just arrived."

Image source, Rob Moore

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

Image source, Jenny Eldershaw

Here's some video of the crane bent over in Greenwich courtesy of BBC London. 

Image source, Laurence Isherwood

Laurence Isherwood, in Twickenham, south-west London, sent us this picture. He says: "I heard this fall this morning at around 0100. I could hear it breaking for a short while. It was worrying the way it fell. I feel sorry for the green parakeets that home there. They are usually waking me up by 0700 with their chirping."

Heathrow airport are reporting some delayed flights and cancellations today due to the bad weather.

You can see the live departures here, external

A crane seems to have felt the full force of Katie's strong winds in Greenwich, south east London.

So far this morning, there have been 26 cancellations due to Storm Katie at Gatwick airport and 12 flights have been diverted, according to our reporter Simon Jones.

Image source, Chris Morley

Chris Morley took this picture of a large tree brought down by the storm at Beaulieu Palace House in Hampshire.

If you're just waking up on this Bank Holiday Monday here's what we know so far about the effects of Storm Katie:

- Gusts of up to 105mph have been battering England and Wales overnight and into this morning

- The Met Office has issued, external an amber warning for very strong winds for London and south east England and a yellow alert across a wider area of southern England and south Wales

- The Dartford River Crossing, M48 Severn Bridge and the Sheppey Crossing are all closed. Cross-Channel and Isle of Wight ferry services are disrupted

- More than 20 flights headed to Gatwick have been diverted to other airports, and there have also been diversions at Heathrow

- Thousands of homes are without power across Sussex, Surrey, Kent, the East and West Midland, Devon and Somerset

London was hit by stormy weather on Sunday as people gathered to watch the annual Boat Race.

The Cambridge women's team almost sank in the choppy conditions.

More than 2,000 homes are without power this morning in south west England, according to Western Power Distribution. , externalDevon, Dorset and Somerset are seeing the most outages.

There are also 528 homes without power in the West Midlands over 200 in the East Midlands. A small number are cut off in Wales.

Image source, Western Power Distribution

Gary Cormack, in Croydon, has sent us these pictures 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.”

Image source, Collapsed scaffolding in Croydon

Image source, Gary Cormack