As early as Monday we will see damaging winds across the north of Britain

Philip Avery BBC Weather Centre

The Environment Agency has reduced its flood warnings to 41, six less than earlier in the day.

There are four warnings in the East Anglia region, 23 in the Midlands, two in north-east England, eight in the south and four in Wales.

An Environment Agency spokeswoman said: "It looks quite stable - rainfall is not as much as expected.

"The forecast for the next couple of days is that the rain is easing up."

Tornado

Full details of the flood warnings can be found on the Environment Agency website.

Philip Avery of the BBC's Weather Centre said the gale force winds hitting the north of the country would be "damaging".

"As early as Monday we will see damaging winds across the north of Britain - southern Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of England could see gusts of around 90mph," he said.

This house was hit by a storm-damaged tree

On Saturday the west and south coasts were hit by gusts of up to 65mph and a tornado was reported to have damaged dozens of homes in Alsager, Cheshire.

In Cornwall, a pregnant woman and her seven-month-old son had to be rescued from their car as flood waters threatened to engulf it.

And in Southampton, high winds sent a 60ft tree crashing on to a house.

Coastguards said there had been rough seas and poor visibility at the height of the storms, with gusts reaching up to 70mph, but there were no reports of damage to shipping.

Sports fixtures were also affected with FA Cup matches at Tottenham's White Hart Lane and Gillingham cancelled due to waterlogged pitches.

And in rugby union, the weather dashed hopes of going ahead with Bath's eagerly-anticipated Heineken Cup quarter-final clash with Llanelli.