In pictures: Storm batters England and Wales

Fallen tree ruptures gas main in Hounslow — Image caption,
Four people have died after a storm battered southern Britain. In Hounslow, west London, a man and a woman were killed when three houses collapsed following a suspected gas explosion. A woman has been taken to hospital with burns.

The storm - called St Jude - caused disruption to road and rail services across south of England and damaged a number of cars.

A sleeping teenage girl was killed when a tree fell on a caravan in Edenbridge, Kent. A spokesman for South East Coast Ambulance said she died at the scene and no-one else was injured.

Double decker bus overturned in Hadleigh

A double-decker bus toppled over in the winds while travelling on the A1071 near Hadleigh, in Suffolk.

People watch the waves batter into the sea wall of a marina in Brighton,

The Met Office said a gust of 99mph (159km/h) was recorded at Needles Old Battery on the Isle of Wight, at 05:00 GMT. Further east, people watched waves crash into Brighton Marina.

Morning transport was disrupted, with rail services scheduled before midday cancelled across much of the southern UK. About 130 flights were cancelled at Heathrow Airport.

Crane collapsed on Cabinet Office in Whitehall

A small crane collapsed on top of the Cabinet Office, in Whitehall, as London was hit by high winds.

Here is a photo taken this morning at Bournemouth Airport. The hangar

A protective curtain at a hangar in Bournemouth Airport, which is undergoing an extension, was shredded by the high winds.

Coastguard helicopter and the Newhaven lifeboat searching for a missing teenager who was washed into the sea this afternoon at West Beach, Newhaven

A 14-year-old boy was "swept away by the current" while swimming with friends off West Beach in Newhaven, East Sussex, on Sunday. The search for him resumed on Monday with inshore lifeboats and a police helicopter checking the shoreline.

Morning workers were forced to jump over a tree which had fallen on to a pavement in Islington, north London. UK Power Networks said about 607,500 homes were without power.

London Mayor Boris Johnson chaired a meeting to discuss how to deal with the damage and disruption caused by the storm. In Hornsey, north London, a car can be seen crushed under a fallen tree.

Taylor Burrell surveys a fallen oak tree in Bursledon, Hampshire. His father, Steve, said: "All the kids in the area are playing on it like an adventure playground."

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