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Louise Lear has the latest forecast for Christmas Eve as the storms continue
Scotland and Northern Ireland are bearing the brunt of the latest storms to hit the UK, amid continuing travel disruption in many parts.
Two people died in Monday's storm - a man in Cumbria and a woman in Gwynedd. A woman also died in a car crash in "difficult conditions" in Shropshire.
Homes have been damaged, with 150,000 without power in southern England, and road, sea and air travel is affected.
High winds are hitting Northern Ireland and Scotland, and could reach 90mph.
As many try to travel home for Christmas, there is widespread disruption to rail services:
Network Rail asked for passengers' patience, saying in southern England the storm damage had been greater than that of the recent St Jude's storm.
Robin Gisby, of Network Rail, told the BBC that train services were "beginning to go", but it would be about 12:00 GMT "before we crank up the services".
"All we want to do now is get everybody where they want to be by close of Christmas Eve," he said.
'Absolutely desperate'The severe weather is causing disruption at some airports. At Gatwick, a power outage at the north terminal left several thousand passengers stranded, with delays and 15 flights cancelled so far.
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From the BBC:
Elsewhere:
Graziella Vella, who is six months pregnant and was due to fly to Malta to spend Christmas with her family, said travellers were "in limbo".
"I am fuming and absolutely desperate - there has been no information at all and we can't make alternative plans," said the 37-year-old from north London,
Heathrow is warning of problems and urging passengers to check flights, while Bristol and Glasgow airports are seeing delays or cancellations.
Many ferry services are still disrupted, including services between Scotland and Northern Ireland, and the Isle of Man Steam Packet ferry crossings. The company has said it will take the unusual step of operating a Christmas Day sailing.
Some people were forced to spend the night in their cars at the Port of Dover, waiting to sail to France, however the port reopened at 07:00.
On the roads, Frank Bird, of the Highways Agency, which covers England, told the BBC it was expected the severe weather would die down at about 16:00 and the roads would return to normal.
Met Office: UK severe weather warnings
Tens of thousands of homes are without power, with Kent, Surrey and Sussex worst affected, the Energy Networks Association said. It said there had been "notable collisions" along power lines during the stormy weather.
Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted: "I'm across plans to get electricity to many without power. My thoughts are with them and those facing travel problems this Christmas Eve."
In other developments:
- West Midlands Ambulance Service says the three-car crash that left a woman dead near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, happened in "difficult weather conditions"
- Police describe the death of a 48-year-old man, from Lancaster, whose body was pulled from the River Rothay in Ambleside, Cumbria, as a "tragic accident"
- Two sailors - one French, one Swiss - were rescued after their racing yacht was damaged by 30ft waves and Force 10 winds off Land's End
- In Wales, fire crews have been dealing with flooding across south and west Wales, while investigations are continuing into the death of the woman in Gwynedd. Meanwhile, the M48 Severn Bridge is closed because of high winds
- In Dorset, 30 people trapped in cars by flood water were rescued by fire crews on Tuesday, Dorset Fire Control says
- In Devon and Cornwall, several properties have been flooded, while some homes are without power
- More than 9,000 homes are without power in East Anglia, hundreds have no power in Somerset, and 50,000 homes in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight have been cut off
- A man is in hospital after being trapped under a fallen tree in St Martin, in Jersey
- The London Fire Brigade says it received five times the usual number of emergency 999 calls - 853 in total - on Monday night, meanwhile a giant "snow globe" around a sculpture in central London has deflated
- Midnight mass services have been cancelled in churches throughout the southern Hebrides
The Met Office has amber severe weather warnings for wind in Northern Ireland and north-west Scotland.
In Scotland, its warnings were upgraded to include the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the north-west Highlands, Argyll and Bute, Orkney and Shetland. Snow and blizzards are also forecast on higher ground.
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The strongest gusts so far were 69mph on the Isle of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides and 75mph on South Uist in the Outer Hebrides.
Northern Ireland Electricity said northern and eastern coastal areas and exposed high ground were likely to be particularly affected.
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The Environment Agency has about 150 flood warnings in place for England and Wales - signifying that flooding is "expected", and more than 250 flood alerts, where flooding is "possible".
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There are no severe flood warnings - indicating danger to life - in place.
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