Some 4,000 people have been left without power due to high winds in south and west Britain.
Storm force winds are understood to have brought down trees and power lines across parts of South Wales.
Gusts of 60 to 70mph hit Wales, while the heaviest rain fell in northern England, Scotland and North Wales.
The 4,000 homes without power were all in South Wales with a Western Power Distribution spokesman saying the weather was to blame.
Police closed the M4 motorway at junction 37 for two hours from 4pm after a caravan overturned in a contraflow system, causing long delays.
The A470 was also closed for two hours from 5pm at Upper Boat, near Pontypridd.
Traffic Wales said that the motorway is still affected by adverse weather conditions, across the Second Severn Crossing and between junctions 30 to 49.
A wall of water leaps from the sea at Porthcawl. Pic: Matthew Garfield High winds were reported on all the bridges around the Bristol Channel, making driving conditions difficult.
In Beddau, also near Pontypridd, a roof was blown off a garage into the wall of a house (see picture above).
South Wales Police Force Incident Manager Emma Tyler said at one point in the afternoon the force were receiving about 20 reports an hour of trees coming down on roads and pavements.
She said: "The wind started picking up about 2pm and was gusting between 4pm and 5pm. I lost count of how many calls we had.
"We've worked closely with the Highways Agency and at the moment there are no roads closed.
"We had a lot of trees down but there were no reports of injuries and no fatalities. It was just disruption."
Crashing waves in Little Haven, near Haverfordwest. Pic: Alex Brown Flood warnings have been issued for south west England, with Lyme Regis and West Bay Harbour, and the Somerset coast at Clevedon and Porlock Weir were affected.
Ten further flood alerts were issued for areas around Dorset, Somerset, Cornwall, Devon and the Severn Estuary.
The Met Office also issued a yellow weather warning, which means be aware, for most of South Wales, and the West Country, part of North Wales and Lancashire and north east Scotland.
Parts of Scotland and most of southern England were warned to be prepared for high winds and heavy rain over the next two days.
Paul Mott, senior forecaster with MeteoGroup, the weather division of the Press Association, said people can expect as much as 10 to 20mm of rain.
He said: "It looks like it will be a bit less windy on Sunday and there will be sunny spells with a few showers as well."
Tim Field of the Energy Networks Association said engineers were on standby over the weekend to deal with power problems caused by wild weather.
Mr Field said he believed homes that were still without power in the east of England yesterday after last week's St Jude storm had been reconnected by the end of the day.
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