Thousands of homes remain without electricity after Storm Henk's "intensive winds" brought down trees, scaffolding and power lines, according to Ross Easton from the Energy Networks Association.

The firm represents companies which look after wires, pipes and other infrastructure for electricity and gas.

Easton tells BBC Radio 4's Today Programme that 130,000 homes had been reconnected to the grid, but 10,000 remained without power - mostly in central, southern and south-eastern parts of England.

He said engineers carried out a "mammoth effort" in the early hours of the morning.

An Air Astana flight was one of a number that had an unsteady landing in high winds at Heathrow on Tuesday evening.

Large parts of England and Wales experienced strong winds and heavy rain yesterday, with the strongest gust of wind recorded on land 81mph (130km/h) at Exeter Airport in Devon.

Impacts of Storm Henk continue across UKpublished at 08:44 Greenwich Mean Time 3 January

08:44 GMT 3 January

Simon King
BBC weather presenter and meteorologist

While Storm Henk has now passed, the impacts of the rain and strong winds continue across many parts of the UK.

However, weather-wise, it’s going to be much quieter through Wednesday and over the coming week.

While showers and some areas of rain are in the forecast, we won’t have large swathes or accumulations of rain crossing the UK. Winds will be lighter and there’ll even be some sunnier spells during the rest of the week.

By the weekend and into next week we’re expecting high pressure to build which means that the weather will turn even more settled. Higher pressure means it’ll be largely dry with sunshine amounts also increasing.

With this high pressure becoming established though, we cut off the milder south-westerly winds with colder air returning giving chilly days and overnight frosts.

Let's have a look at the flood warnings in place across the UK - including 330 in England alone.

The warnings mean flooding is expected. There is also a severe flood warning at Billing Aquadrome in Northampton, meaning there's a risk to life., external

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Service said it has received 140 flood-related calls in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, police in Leicestershire said a large number of homes were hit by flooding in Loughborough.

In Wales there remains one severe flood warning in place for the River Ritec in Tenby and 11 flood warnings and 38 flood alerts, according to Natural Resources Wales.

In Scotland, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has one flood warning in place in Orkney and two further flood alerts in parts of Aberdeenshire and in Caithness.

Flood warnings are not currently issued for Northern Ireland.

Image source, West Midlands Police

A man who rescued a woman and her three-year-old child from a car submerged in flood water has insisted "I'm no hero."

Liam Stych was on hand on Tuesday afternoon when the woman's car got trapped at a ford on the River Cole in Hall Green, Birmingham.

West Midlands Police said Stych went into the water to help the pair and managed to secure the car to a bridge to stop it from being washed away.

He said: "I'm just a human being with good instincts."

Stych added: "I said to the woman: 'Now's your time you know, take my hand and we can go.'

"At that moment she just put her arms out to me for help."

As we just reported, there is train disruption across the UK. Greater Anglia is urging passengers not to travel between Ipswich, Cambridge and Peterborough due to trees on overhead wires.

The firm says all lines are blocked and as a result trains may be cancelled, delayed or revised.

Similar damage is impacting trains between Cambridge North and Ely; and National Rail says a tree on the track near Spooner Row is affecting services between Norwich, Cambridge and Stansted Airport.

National Rail says disruption is continuing in the network this morning following the "significant impact" of Storm Henk.

• Disruption is expected to last until 10:00 GMT on parts of the Thameslink, Southern, Gatwick Express and Great Northern, while repairs are carried out
• Repairs are ongoing between Uckfield, Buxted and Crowborough in Sussex; while trains from Cambridge to Ely and Kings Lynn are running on a limited capacity
• Elsewhere, some lines are blocked on Great Western Railway’s network because of flooding
• South Western Railway suspended services for several hours yesterday after trees fell on the tracks - the firm is urging passengers to check before they travel
• Network Rail – which owns and manages the infrastructure - expects disruption to continue in its Wessex region, one of the busiest in the country, because of trains and crew being displaced

Image source, PA

Well, that was a wet and windy day.

After Storm Henk battered large parts of the UK on Tuesday, there are weather warnings and travel disruption across the country on Wednesday.

The storm has largely moved onto Scandinavia - but in England alone, more than 300 flood warnings are in place, external.

Stay with us and we'll bring you the latest news, pictures, and forecasts.

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