Thousands of homes in Wales have lost power after heavy rain and winds reaching more than 80mph brought down power lines.
Heavy rain and winds gusting to hurricane force cut power to thousands of Welsh homes and caused wide damage.
Electricity company Scottish Power said some 25,000 homes across north and mid Wales and on Merseyside had been hit.
Electricity firm Scottish Power said 30,000 homes across north and mid Wales were affected, with the hope most would be reconnected later on Thursday.
There is widespread disruption on the roads and rail lines from fallen trees and flooding.
Fallen trees and flooding caused travel disruption, with a driver killed on the A55 near Chester just after he left Wales as a lorry was blown onto a car.
Flights from Cardiff International Airport have been hit, along with rail services in and out of Wales.
Cardiff Airport flights were hit, along with rail services in and out of Wales.
Environment Agency Wales has 13 flood warnings and 35 flood watches in force.
Environment Agency Wales had 13 flood warnings and 35 flood watches in force at one point, although this was reduced.
Scottish Power is dealing with 100 separate incidents in mid and north Wales, many of them isolated households.
Scottish Power said the area hit by power cuts appears to stretch from mid Wales to the north-east. Half the village of Llanuwchllyn near Bala was without electricity.
Everything at the moment is being cancelled Cardiff International Airport spokesman
It warned isolated properties might still be without power on Friday.
It has set up five emergency centres, including at Aberystwyth, Dolgellau and Wrexham from where they will co-ordinate engineers to do repair work. Extra staff are being drafted in from across the UK.
Lorries
The area hit by power cuts appears to stretch from mid Wales to the north-east. Half the village of Llanuwchllyn near Bala is without electricity but the village school is still open.
First Great Western rail services between London Paddington and Cardiff were cancelled and further disruption was expected.
Train services between London and Cardiff have been cancelled, as have most flights out of Cardiff airport.
Most flights out of Cardiff Airport were cancelled, delayed or diverted to other airports after 70mph gusts were recorded and the Port Road access route was closed after a garage roof blew on to the carriageway.
The roofs were blown off two houses at Newtown in Powys, and at least three schools were closed.
Forecasters said although the rain had now stopped the high winds were expected to continue into the evening.
Train services suspended
Winds gusting at 85 mph were recorded at Capel Curig in Snowdonia, 76 mph in Mumbles near Swansea, and 63mph at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan.
First Great Western trains from London Paddington to Cardiff were cancelled until 1515 while Arriva Trains Wales in north Wales imposed a 50mph speed limit on its services.
Network Rail said there was minor damage to a train hit by a tree at Chirk at 0630 GMT on the Shrewsbury to Chester rail line, but no-one was injured.
Train services between Llandudno Junction and Blaenau Ffestiniog were suspended due to flooding at Llanrwst. Replacement road transport is in place.
High winds forced Cardiff International Airport to cancel or divert flights, with only one flight leaving on Thursday.
Drivers brave the battered sea front at Aberavon in south west Wales
Drivers brave the battered sea front at Aberavon in south west Wales
The old Severn Bridge was closed, as was the Cleddau Bridge in Pembrokeshire. There was a 50 mph speed limit on the Briton Ferry Bridge.
The roofs were blown off five houses on the Trehafren estate at Newtown in Powys. All five families have been moved out. Elsewhere, at least three schools were closed.
In north Wales on the A55, the Britannia Bridge was closed to high-sided vehicles and a 20mph speed limit was in place for other vehicles.
In Prestatyn, the magistrates' court number two court had to be evacuated in mid-case after the roof started to lift.
Stena Line's 1430 ferry service between Fishguard and Rosslare was also cancelled and passengers should check before travelling.
Lorries overturned on the A55 on Anglesey and on the A5 at Chirk, with the Freight Transport Association advising its members to delay making deliveries until Friday if possible.
Meanwhile, strong winds blew roofs off properties, with fallen trees having damaged others across south and mid Wales.
Winds gusting at 85 mph were recorded at Capel Curig in Snowdonia, 76 mph in Mumbles near Swansea, and 63mph at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan.
'Turning colder'
Emergency crews were also called to Penallt, Monmouthshire, where a tree fell onto power cables.
Fire crews reported two houses in Trehafren, in Newtown, had been hit and a roof was also blown off a house in Cwmrhydyceirw, Morriston, Swansea.
Tree falls elsewhere included one which hit the bonnet of a car outside Flint Retail Park, leaving the male driver and female passenger shocked but otherwise unhurt.
Fire crews were called to three flooded properties in Hengoed, south Wales and one in Williamstown in Merthyr Tydfil.
BBC meteorologist Derek Brockway said the worst of the bad weather, but he warned that the weather looked like turning colder over the weekend.
An articulated lorry was blown onto its side in high winds near Chirk on a bridge on the A5 northbound. The bridge was closed and traffic diverted
Crews were also called to Penallt, Monmouthshire where a tree has fallen onto power cables.
BBC meteorologist Derek Brockway said the worst of Thursday's bad weather was now over and the winds would ease later. He said the north of the country would bear the brunt of the winds for the next couple of hours.
But he warned that the weather looked like turning colder over the weekend.
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