A man feels his way with a walking stick through the flood waters at Christchurch Quay after the river Stour burst its bankS
A man sits and watches as a giant wave crashes over the promenade wall in Barmouth, Wales today
A surge of water engulfs the promenade wall in Barmouth. Along parts of the front the force of the waves smashed through the sea wall
Intrigued locals peer over the railings at the violent seas in Brighton
The force of the storm whips up a swell as huge waves break against the groynes on Brighton beach
A photographer stands at a safe distance to capture the force of nature whipping up the seas off the Brighton coast
A man watches the floodwaters rising in Shepton Mallet, left. And right, Craig Robertson wades through the torrents of water in the town
In Guernsey a car attempts to make it through water which has poured on to the sea road after 10 metre tides coincided with strong winds
Locals in Aberystwyth discover a new path to the sea after the storm tore a huge hole in the sea wall
