Thanks for joining us for our live updates covering the predicted storm surges and flooding along the east coast of England and icy weather across the rest of the UK.

• Most places have escaped the predicted flooding as a change in wind direction meant the high tide and tidal surge did not hit at the same time.
• Residents evacuated in Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk are being advised they can return to their homes.
• Seventeen severe flood warnings remain in place.
• Forecasters predict another cold day is in store for most of the UK with a chilly north-westerly wind. 
• It will stay dry and sunny for most, but wintry showers will blow into Wales and the south-west, soon turning to rain. Some snow showers may affect the far east of the country.

The Environment Agency said 17 severe flood warnings - where there is a danger to life - remain in place.

A further 80 flood warnings and 69 flood alerts are also active across England and Wales. 

Its online flood map, external is updated every 15 minutes with the latest information. 

This is the Met Office's latest weather warning for the UK.

Ice is likely to form on untreated surfaces, particularly where showers of sleet, snow and hail occur. 

The Met Office said the conditions may lead to a risk of disruption with difficult driving conditions.

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There have been no reports of flooding along the coast of Jaywick in Essex where 230 residents were evacuated from their homes.

Essex police said evacuating the residents was "the right thing to do" and was based on advice from the Environment Agency and the Met Office.

The county council was expected to arrange transport to take people back to their homes at around 6:00 BST, the police added.

Residents along the coast south of Lowestoft in Suffolk have been told it is safe to return to their homes following the flood risk.

There had been some flooding along the east coast but the extent was "not as bad as it may have been", said Suffolk Police.

But it added that there were some road closures in place in the Southwold area which may affect residents' ability to return home.

Residents at the rescue centre in Jaywick have been told it is safe to go home as the severe flood warning is over.

We've just heard the sea wall in Jaywick has not been breached.

The confirmation came from Ch Insp Jonathan Baldwin, who said although there had not yet been flooding, the danger had not yet passed.

A severe flood warning, external is still in place for the coast from Clacton to Lee Wick.

Image source, Getty Images

Alex Dunlop
BBC Look East

Evacuating homes and getting in help from other parts of the country was not an overreaction to the flood risk, the leader of Great Yarmouth Council says.

About 4,500 people are thought to have left their homes ahead of a predicted tidal surge, but the town escaped unscathed and no flooding occurred.

"We're very grateful to all the people from all over the country who came here to help us," Graham Plant said.

"I don't believe we overreacted... If [the water] had breached, the residents would have been so grateful to have those people there to help them."

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Many residents in Great Yarmouth expressed their relief as it appeared they had escaped the worst of the flooding.

Norfolk Police has said the man arrested after jumping into a river in Great Yarmouth had been asked to move away for his own safety.

Officers were alerted to a man acting dangerously next to the River Yare near Haven Bridge at around 21:10 GMT.

He was rescued from the water and arrested for public order offences. 

A fisherman had to be rescued by a lifeboat crew after being cut off by huge waves on a pier during the tidal surge.

The RNLI crew at Blyth was called just after 16:00 GMT to reports of a man stranded on the east pier near the lighthouse.  

Stuart Woodward
BBC Essex

Suffolk Police have closed the bascule bridge in Lowestoft and Mutford Lock Bridge in Oulton due to safety concerns.

"The decision has not been taken lightly but is being put in place for public safety as a precautionary measure," the force said.

The bridges are shut to pedestrians and cars "while the danger passes."

A man has been arrested for public order offences after he jumped into the river in Great Yarmouth, police say.

He was "acting dangerously" next to the River Yare, but refused to move away from the water.

Police said he was immediately rescued and arrested, but that "a small number of people" were getting too close to the water. 

The BBC's Ben Brown in Great Yarmouth says that despite the high tide coming in, there's no sign of any flooding so far.

The Environment Agency has issued 17 severe flood warnings - meaning there is a danger to life.

Rail services from Lowestoft station have now ended and are cancelled until Saturday. 

BBC News correspondent Alex Dunlop in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, says many residents have refused to go to emergency centres despite the flood warning.

Police say that around 60% to 70% of the residents they visited did not want to go to the centres, out of around 5,000 properties.

This could be because they have decided to stay at home, or with a friend or relative.