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Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes
The tidal surge which hit the east coast of Britain has been described as the "most serious" for 60 years.
Thousands were forced to abandon their homes as tides in parts of the North Sea reached higher levels than the devastating floods of 1953.
Flood waters have receded in many areas but authorities are warning that high tides later on Friday could cause further damage.
Two people died in Thursday's storms, but the weather is now easing.
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The Environment Agency said 800,000 homes had been protected by flood defences and better forecasting had given people "vital time" to prepare.
The agency added: "Significant flooding along the east coast of England is expected to continue today [Friday], as the most serious coastal tidal surge for over 60 years will continue to affect communities."
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson chaired a meeting of the government's Cobra committee to discuss the floods.
Speaking afterwards, he said the situation was "not over" and asked the public to follow advice from police and other authorities.
"Conditions like this only occur in some places every 500 years," he said.
He added: "And I would really pay tribute to all of those who have been working through the night."
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"Imagine that window of that bungalow was attached to this window yesterday", says Jo Black outside Steven Connelly's home in Hemsby
Before dawn the Environment Agency, which covers England and Wales, had more than 50 severe flood warnings in place, but that number has fallen steadily during the day.
The agency said some flood defences had been breached but repairs were under way.
A second tidal surge, which the agency said should be 1m (3ft) lower, has already passed Scotland and the far north of England and should reach Great Yarmouth at about 11:00 GMT and London at 15:00.
Rescue teams have been working through the night in many areas.
In other developments:
- 9,000 people have evacuated their homes in Norfolk, mainly in the Great Yarmouth area, where at least 26 properties have been flooded
- Five beach chalets collapsed in Hemsby, Norfolk, where a lifeboat station has been washed into the sea
- Soldiers have helped the flood prevention effort in Essex and Norfolk
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Ben Brown reports from one of the many roads in Boston hit by the storm
- A mother and baby were among those rescued from flooding in Essex
- The Environment Agency said 400 homes in the Humber region were affected by flood water on Thursday night
- In Kent, more than 500 properties were evacuated in areas including Sandwich, Seasalter, Faversham and the Medway towns
- Homes were flooded in Boston, Lincolnshire, and 223 in the county spent Thursday night in rest centres
- by the tidal surge
Transport connections are expected to return to normal in much of Scotland in the wake of the storm.
Fleeing the floods
For Essex pensioners Joan and Reenie, the staffroom of a local secondary school became home for the night.
In all, more than 400 people who had been evacuated from the coastal resort of Jaywick tried to get some sleep among the wall displays and whiteboards.
A few miles away the waves had pummelled against the sea defences just metres from their homes. They told us they had never seen the water that high.
Around 2am, high tide came. We witnessed the nervousness as the waves began splashing over the sea wall.
The emergency services had advised residents in 2,500 homes here to leave. While many did just that - others like Jane Nash didn't move an inch.
In the end, their worst fears were not realised and Jaywick fared much better than others spots along the east coast.
They'll be hoping that luck continues when the next two high tides arrive in the coming 24 hours.
Trains across Scotland were stopped on Thursday, but ScotRail said it expected to run services as scheduled from the start of Friday.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has now lifted its flood warnings but the Met Office has yellow weather warnings in place for snow in northern Scotland until 12:00 GMT.
There are also yellow warnings for ice in parts of Northern Ireland and north-west England, and wind on England's east coast. Yellow warnings mean "be aware".
High tides in parts of north Wales battered by storms hours earlier passed without further major flooding.
Lifeboat crews from south Wales were drafted in to help colleagues in the north amid fears coastal areas could be hit for a second time in 24 hours.
But emergency services have reported a mostly quiet Friday morning so far.
Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) said it had restored power to most customers after strong winds caused disruption to supplies.
BBC weather presenter Matt Taylor explained that "storm surges" begin when a rising area of low pressure takes pressure off the surface of the sea, allowing it to "bulge" upwards.
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"Then, as that pulls away, you get the very strong winds on the back edge of the low pressure and then that shoves that bulge of high sea levels down through the North Sea," he said.
Conditions across the UK are expected to have improved by the weekend.
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