Image source, Julie Lewins

We've just received some more pictures from a flooded holiday park in the village of Burton Bradstock, on the Dorset coast.

Earlier we saw people there being rescued in a dinghy - but these new images demonstrate the scale of the devastation to the park, where holiday homes have been severely damaged.

Image source, Julie Lewins

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Dan Johnson
West of England correspondent

Two streets in Jersey - Princess Place and Florence Boot Cottages - look like they have been ripped through by a tornado and some people believe that’s what happened last night.

They’ve described hearing the intense, relentless winds - which reached 102mph - but then feeling a change in pressure during a thunderstorm with lightning which hit around midnight.

Barry Aubert has been picking through the damage to his house and garden.

“It was awful, the air just sucked in and then the windows blew out," he says.

Neighbours are trying to clear up, sweeping broken tiles and taking away damaged furniture. Gardens are full of debris, broken fences and fallen trees. Cars are dented and windows smashed.

On the seafront, some houses are almost totally destroyed. Some have partially collapsed and residents are facing flooded basements and power cuts.

Many people are homeless, at least temporarily.

The Jersey government has issued an update saying schools will remain closed tomorrow, as the heavy rainfall and stormy conditions continue.

The decision was taken to close for a second day to "help clear roads and assess school sites with a view to opening them on Monday", it said in a post on social media., external

You can read more about how Storm Ciarán is causing significant disruption to the Channel Islands here.

Chris Page
BBC News Ireland correspondent

Business owners in Downpatrick in County Down say flooding there has worsened today.

The stormy weather in this part of Northern Ireland - not caused by Storm Ciarán - has persisted for the last few days.

A shopping street in the town remains under water, and dozens of shops and offices have been badly damaged.

The Stormont Department of Infrastructure has said it may not be able to drain and pump water away from the area until tomorrow, because engineers need to wait for local river levels to go down before they can make meaningful progress.

It described the situation as an “exceptional natural event" and a local member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, the SDLP's Colin McGrath, said the scene as "apocalyptic".

Rain

• A yellow warning in north-east England and eastern Scotland is in place until 06:00 tomorrow. The Met Office says there is a small chance homes and businesses could be flooded.

• Two yellow warnings for London and parts of south-east England, south-west England and Wales until midnight tonight. There is a small chance of flooding here too.

Wind

• A yellow warning in London and parts of southern and eastern England until 17:00 today. The Met Office said damage to buildings and injuries from flying debris were possible.
• Outside of the warnings for the UK, a red warning - the highest level - has also been issued by the Jersey Met for today.

There are also dozens of flood warnings and nearly 200 flood alerts that have been issued, which you can check here, external.

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A caravan park in Tenby, south Wales has evacuated residents following a warning that flooding could pose a risk to life.

Kiln Park caravan park has already suffered from flooding.

"The majority of the park is underwater, and it's going to rise," said Katie Walters, who had been staying at the park.

A number of flood alerts are in place in the area, including a severe flood warning for the nearby River Ritec.

Matt Taylor
BBC Weather

Yes!

A weather bomb, or explosive cyclogenesis, is a term given by meteorologists , externalto a storm that appears to intensify rapidly, with its central air pressure dropping by at least 24 millibars (mb) in 24 hours.

Met Office surface analysis charts confirm that the central pressure of Storm Ciarán dropped from 981mb at 7am yesterday to 954mb at 1am this morning – a drop of 27mb in just 18 hours

It was this drop in pressure at the centre of the storm that made it so potent a low pressure system.

Matt Taylor
BBC Weather

Storm Ciaran has set the record for the lowest mean sea level pressure recorded in November in England and Wales.

According the Met Office, the lowest pressure seen as it crossed England was 953.3mb over Plymouth, and 958.5mb over St Athans, Wales. This broke previous national records set in 1916 and 2010 respectively.

Low pressure systems are essentially areas in which the air is rising - it’s this movement that aids in building up the rainclouds associated with low pressure systems.

The lower the pressure in the centre, the quicker the air is rising. In areas of high pressure, air is doing the opposite and is generally descending. The winds we notice here on the ground is the air moving from areas of high pressure to low pressure.

The bigger the pressure difference, the faster the wind. Think of it like a ball rolling down a hill. The steeper the hill, the faster it rolls.

At the time of writing, the Environment Agency has in place 82 flood warnings in England, meaning flooding is expected.

There are also 197 flood alerts, meaning flooding is possible.

Most of the flood warnings are clustered around the south coast of England, but there are some in Stroud, Dauntsey near Chippenham, villages on the River Bure, Ant and Thurne in Norfolk, and as far north as Sunderland.

You can check if there are any warnings for your area here, external.

Storm Ciarán has brought large-scale power cuts to a number of areas.

In Devon and Cornwall more than 9,000 homes are without power, and Cornwall councillor Martyn Alvey says they are concerned about vulnerable residents.

He says in some areas National Grid suggested power may be out until tomorrow morning.

In Sussex more than 1,600 homes are affected, and in Surrey over 6,500. Residents in Woking, Onslow, Ifield, Ewhurst and Shamley Green have all reported outages.

UK Power Networks says power supplies across the South East have been affected by strong winds and heavy rain, and apologised to those affected.

It has been reported that electricity is down for some islanders in the Channel Islands as well.

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Overnight, Jersey has was hit by huge hailstones as well as heavy rain and flooding.

Suzie Phillips was awoken at midnight by hailstones that were "quite a bit heavier and bigger than a golf ball".

She tells the PA news agency three of her windows had been damaged by them and her house had lost some roof slates.

"It was quite worrying, especially for the kids - they were quite anxious about it," she says, but praises the island's emergency services' "incredible" response to the storm.

Storm Ciarán continues to affect regions across the UK, pulling trees out of the ground in Jersey and flooding large areas in Exeter.

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It's getting on for lunchtime and the worst of the stormy conditions are now over for most. But flooding and widespread travel disruption is ongoing, with many weather warnings remaining in place.

If you're just joining us, or are in need of a catch-up, here's the latest:

• High winds: There have been strong winds and heavy rain, with gusts of more than 110mph hitting northern France and 102mph in the Channel Islands overnight. This morning, there have been gusts of up to 78mph in the south-east of England
• Port of Dover: The port's now reopened for shipping vessels after it suspended all sailings earlier - but it says there may still be delays over the next few hours due to traffic clearing. Passenger ferries also remain cancelled
• Homes damaged: In Jersey, about 40 people were evacuated from their homes and taken into hotels overnight after their properties were damaged. People in Kent and Cornwall have also been telling us stories of waking up in the middle of the night to their roofs collapsing or being pierced by trees
• France: A lorry driver has been killed after being hit by a fallen tree, while 1.2 million people are reported to be without electricity
• School closures: In southern England - the worst hit part of the UK - more than 300 schools have closed, the majority in Devon
• Travel disruption: For commuters south of London, people have been told to work from home and not travel on mainline routes. There are also no Great Western Railway trains running in Cornwall
• Power cuts: More than 9,000 homes are without power - the majority in Devon and Cornwall, as well as 800 in Surrey
• What's next: The Met Office believe the storm's path will now be further south than anticipated, but amber and yellow weather warnings remain - including for rain along the north-east coast of England, the east coast of Scotland and all of Wales

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There are plenty of flood warnings in place across England at the moment already, but the Environment Agency has warned more are expected to be issued throughout the day.

A spokesman for the government agency tells the BBC there is a greater risk of flooding as high tide approaches on the south coast of England.

Andrew Gilham explains the situation has been exacerbated by a "lot of rainfall" over the last few weeks. This means rain is likely to run off land quite quickly and flow into "already swollen rivers", he adds.

Urging people to take extra care during this spell of stormy weather, Gilham warns "you can't see below flood-water and can't see how deep it is".

If you'd like to check for the flooding risk in your area, click here for the latest, external.

Image source, Karen Marshall

Over to Guernsey now, where Karen Marshall tells us she saw trees "wobbling like jelly" this morning - before a huge limb broke off and narrowly missed her parked car.

She says the near miss is particularly scary, given her home in St Peter Port is "surrounded by trees".

Riyah Collins
BBC Newsbeat

It’s Leah Baldoch’s wedding day and as she speaks to me her make-up is being done at the venue in Bedford.

From Wigan, the couple decided to head south for the big day as it "always rains" in their hometown.

“The ceremony is at 14:30 and we’ve been checking the weather forecast non-stop,” says Leah. "It looks like there’s a 90% chance of rain."

Image source, Leah Baldoch

Although Bedford sits just outside of the area covered by the yellow weather warning, the rain and high winds are threatening to disrupt her wedding plans.

"All my photos were going to be outside,” the 30-year-old tells me, adding that "part of the wedding’s in a marquee".

“As long as we’re inside we’ll be alright,” she says. "We’ll just have to make sure the marquee is battened down."

Kerry Leadbetter, from St Clement in Jersey, has shared these photos of the wreckage in her street.

Cars are badly dented with windows smashed, roof tiles litter the road and people's walls have been blown over.

She says winds ripped off the roof of her garden outhouse, throwing it into and damaging the roof of her house, and then it was blown about 20m away down the street.

Image source, Kerry Leadbetter

Trees have uprooted and fallen onto people's homes, with about five roofs nearby also torn off.

Some of her neighbours' homes have been damaged so badly they "look like bomb site", she tells the BBC.

Image source, Kerry Leadbetter

We've been hearing from Falmouth student Kate Marsh, who says she was woken in the night when the roof of her bedroom entirely blew off and collapsed onto her at about 05:30 GMT.

A fire and rescue team attended and said the house in Cornwall was "uninhabitable", Kate said.

"It was terrifying. I tried to save my laptop because I have got a lot of uni work on there and I knew it was under the roof so I got that out," she adds.

Storm Ciarán is expected to move up the country as the day goes on, with multiple flood alerts now issued for the West Midlands.

They join the 191 flood alerts and 78 more serious flood warnings currently in place across England.

In the West Midlands, the areas listed as being at risk include land close to the River Sow and River Penk in Staffordshire, the River Swift in Warwickshire and the Tern and Perry rivers.

Meanwhile, in Bewdley, Worcestershire, flood barriers that were taken down following Storm Babet have been replaced.

If you'd like to check for the flooding risk in your area, click here for the latest, external.

There are also 13 flood alerts in place in Wales,, external as well as two flood warnings - and seven flood alerts in Scotland., external

Earlier this morning, the Port of Dover said it was suspending all sailings due to the stormy weather.

However, it has now confirmed the port is reopening for shipping vessels, adding that there may still be delays over the next few hours due to traffic clearing.

Passengers should also "check with their chosen ferry operator for updates throughout the day", it added in a post, external on social media.

Ferry firm P&O has cancelled all sailings from Dover to Calais and said previously that tourist traffic was being sent away from the port.