James Kelly
BBC Your Voice

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Janet Manuel spent last night hunkered down in her holiday caravan in Beer, Devon - with husband, Hud, their son Jack, his fiancee Karyna, and Lily, their miniature Yorkshire terrier.

Janet, from Boxley in Kent, said they "hardly slept" as Storm Austen battered parts of the West Country.

She said: "We own a caravan in Beer and are here for a short break to lock it up for the winter. For most of the night it felt as if a tube train was coming through. A wild, wet and windy night.

"We can see fabulous white horses across the bay in Seaton. We're not venturing out today as still very wet and windy.

"We are all in our pyjamas. As I said, bad night."

Barra Best
BBC News NI weather presenter

While Northern Ireland has largely avoided the most severe elements of Storm Austen, two weather warnings are in place ahead of Storm Boelo this weekend.

An amber warning has been issued for counties Antrim and Londonderry for 24 hours from 21:00 BST on Saturday.

And a yellow weather warning for winds of up to 80mph (130kph) will come into place on Saturday evening.

In the Republic of Ireland, Met Éireann has issued an orange rain warning for County Kerry from 07:00 (local time) until 14:00 on Saturday.

The forecaster said Storm Boelo would bring spells of very heavy and intense rain, with flooding expected and damage to homes and businesses possible.

It warned of disruption and delays to rail and bus services, severe disruption to outdoor events and very difficult travelling conditions.

Ben Rich
Lead weather presenter

Northern France has been bearing the brunt of Storm Austen’s strongest winds with a gust of 100mph (161km/h) reported at Pointe du Raz in Brittany – a very exposed headland that sticks out into the Atlantic.

Other coastal areas have widely seen gusts of 75-90mph (120-145km/h), with orange warnings issued by the French forecaster, Meteo France, remaining in force across many northern parts until this evening.

As Austen moves eastwards a swathe of strong winds will also affect the coast of Belgium and the Netherlands.

Although the storm will be weakening overnight, further travel disruption is possible.

Trystan Jones
BBC West Midlands

In the West Midlands it very much feels like the calm before the storm.

A yellow weather warning is in force for us until 21:00 BST but it’s this afternoon when the wind is expected to cause disruption.

Birmingham, Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent and Shrewsbury are all expected to see gusts of over 40mph (65km/h) later in the afternoon.

The messaging from local authorities has all been around taking care if people are out and about, and warnings that transport and power lines could be affected.

A number of trees have been reported as down in Devon and Cornwall, following the strong winds from Storm Austen.

Issues have been reported in locations including Penzance and Dartmouth.

Image source, Penzance Council

Image source, Penzance Council

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Simon King
Lead weather presenter, BBC Weather

I’ve been reporting from Newquay in Cornwall this morning where wind speeds have been up to 76mph (120km/h).

With the amber warning in force the advice was to avoid going outside and keep yourself safe and out of danger.

And this is what I’ve been doing while broadcasting and reporting on Storm Austen.

I’ve been safe, staying inside shelter, only temporarily going outside. And when outside, the crew and I made sure we weren’t downwind of any other building or objects where flying debris could potentially hit us.

And while the winds were very strong, they weren’t enough to knock us over. However, we also had handrails next to us which we could have grabbed if necessary.

Dan Kerins
BBC South

A stretch of the Dorset coast is under a flood warning as Storm Austen sweeps in.

The Environment Agency (EA) has issued the warning for the coast in the Chiswell area with people urged to avoid seafronts and harbours due to wave overtopping and spray containing debris.

You can find more details here.

Venues run by National Trust in Devon and Cornwall are closed because of Storm Austen.

The charity says sites such as Saltram in Plymouth, Buckland Abbey in Yelverton and Cotehele near Saltash will not be open due to the forecasted high winds.

Across England and Wales, almost 18,000 properties are affected by power cuts at 96 places, according to the National Grid., external

Cornwall has the most with 13,000 and Devon has the second highest number at 1,700 properties.

Andy Burnham says that in the UK we "potentially are facing a winter of greater flooding," as he answered a question on preparedness.

Speaking to reporters from a summit on what lessons can be learned from this summer's record wildfires, the PM says that "we’re living in a world where unexpected events seem to be becoming more and more common".

He adds: “Obviously weather events – and we’re in a situation today where the UK is facing storms, and obviously we feel for the people without power in Cornwall right now... it is just having those supplies in the house to get you through those moments.

“So we are having that conversation about resilience. That’s why we’re holding this summit today, it’s why we’re putting the guidance out to the public. We potentially are facing a winter of greater flooding, so it’s about recognising all of those risks and taking action.”

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Tinside Lido in Plymouth says Storm Austen has led to its pool becoming rather full of water.

A post on Facebook says: "Someone tell the sea there’s a maximum capacity...

"Tinside is looking particularly full after Storm Austen this morning!"

Image source, Tinside Lido

Image source, Tinside Lido

Image source, Tinside Lido

Mary McCool
BBC Scotland

An amber alert has been issued for much of Scotland over the weekend, with Storm Boelo expected to bring strong winds up to 80mph (130km/h), flying debris and potential power cuts.

It is the second of two storms due to hit Scotland within days, with Storm Austen's wet and windy conditions already causing some disruption to transport.

The latest Met Office warnings include a yellow warning for rain in central and eastern areas from 07:00 BST on Friday until midnight.

Meanwhile, the wind alert for Storm Boelo has been upgraded from yellow to amber for the whole mainland and the Western Isles, lasting from 21:00 BST on Saturday until 21:00 GMT on Sunday. Orkney remains under the yellow alert.

Joshua Askew
BBC South East

Some ferry services between the UK and France have been cancelled due to the bad weather.

DFDS says its ferry from Newhaven in East Sussex to the French town of Dieppe was not sailing on Friday, while those coming from Dieppe were also called off.

Multiple DFDS services between Dover and Calais are not travelling because of Storm Austen.

The company says the cancellations will also affect early morning services on Saturday.

P&O Ferries says departures from Dover are on time, though one sailing is delayed by an hour and another is still to be determined.

Most of its boats leaving from Calais are travelling as normal, it adds.

According to the Government of Jersey's Infrastructure and Environment Department, there have been 91 incidents involving trees, 13 water-related, five debris, one building damage and one infrastructure damage reported as of 10:00 BST.

Tristen Dodd, Jersey's head of transport, highways and infrastucture, says it is starting to get "much busier".

He says earlier this morning there were about 20 incidents reported to his team.

"We have got road gullies blocked by leaves that have come off the trees, and additional to that we have got some debris that have gone on to the road here and there that we need to take up," he says.

"Quite often on these type of events you do get one geographical area that's been more vulnerable than others but looking at the map today, it's pretty well distributed across the island."

There are curently 13,547 homes and businesses at 42 places across Cornwall without electricity according to the National Grid, external, with 28 in the west of the county.

The total includes 4,617 vulnerable customers.

Engineers are working hard to restore power, it said.

Joshua Askew
BBC South East

A tree has fallen onto a train platform in West Sussex, according to Southern Railway.

It said that no-one was injured, though the incident at Angmering Station disrupted services between the village and Worthing earlier on Friday.

"Our trains are going at a slightly slower speed when passing the tree, however services are still running as normal," a spokesperson said.

"I can’t confirm exactly when the tree will be removed from the platform, however our teams are working hard to complete this as soon as possible."

Angela Kalwaites
BBC Radio Devon, reporting from Bideford Quay

I'm at Bideford Quay looking across at the brown, churned-up water with a couple of boats bobbing about.

I've just watched a lady standing at a bus shelter with her umbrella - it was going well for about five minutes, but then it turned inside out.

She fought it and got it facing the right way again but then it did it again and all the spokes are pointing up in various different directions.

At the same time, as I was smiling at this, my hood detached itself from my coat so it is pretty blowy and wet.

Traffic heading into Bideford is gridlocked but there's not many people walking out and about.

It's that lovely Devon rain that comes in at you sideways.

The first flight from Land's End Airport to St Mary's on the Isles of Scilly is scheduled for 14:05 BST, instead of the usual 10:15.

A yellow weather warning for wind on Saturday has been extended to cover large parts of northern England.

The warning, which previously stopped at the Lothian and Borders in Scotland, now covers the north west and north east of England, including Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, York, Sheffield and Hull.

It will be in effect from 12:00 BST tomorrow until 21:00.

The Met Office warns people to expect possible "injuries and danger to life from flying debris" and large waves, damage to buildings and trees, travel disruption, and power cuts.

A separate yellow weather warning for wind will also come into effect in northern Ireland from 10:00 to 12:00 BST on Saturday.

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Guernsey-based animal rescue charity GSPCA said it is having phone and internet issues due to damage caused by Storm Austen.

Steve Byrne, GSPCA's manager, tells BBC Radio Guernsey: "About 6am I had a wander about and we've had one of our trees come down on our internet line."

He says the emergency line is still working.

"We've had a bit of other damage to some of the aviaries that were empty, no animals have been harmed but two of the small aviaries have gone over which Guernsey Raiders only helped put back up a couple of months ago," Byrne adds.

"Nobody is hurt but it's causing us a lot of extra work here at the GSPCA."