A man has died after becoming trapped in his car in floods as large parts of the UK were hit by strong winds and heavy rain.
Forecasters said there will be some respite today with fewer showers - but the wet weather is expected to get worse again this weekend.
Around 90 flood warnings are in place for rivers across England and Wales along with more than 200 less serious flood alerts.
Hundreds of drivers were stranded, thousands of homes were without power and more than 100 people evacuated as winds reached more than 86mph.
In Somerset, emergency services received a call last night reporting a vehicle was wedged under a bridge near a ford in Chew Stoke.
Fire crews and police attended the scene and a man was found in the car and pronounced dead.
An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said officers were still trying to identify the victim.
The areas worst affected by the heavy downpours were Wales and south-west England.
But the majority of the UK was hit by the storms as they were pushed eastwards throughout Thursday, causing flash flooding.
Western Power said 2,500 customers in the South West and 500 in Wales were without power because of high winds bringing down power lines, but that it was working to reconnect them as quickly as possible.
Three children had to be rescued from Dolbadarn primary school in Llanberis by firefighters in a boat yesterday afternoon when they were prevented from leaving by high water.
Among those hurt in the storms were an elderly pedestrian who cut his head after being struck by a tree, two teenage girls who had head and shoulder injuries and a female driver in her 50s who escaped with minor injuries after the car was crushed by a falling tree trunk.
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