Storm Ciara causes floods and destruction in UK – in pictures
Powerful winds and rain disrupt transport systems and sports events, leaving many areas fighting rising water levels
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A fallen tree near Victoria train station in London
Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex/Shutterstock
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High winds whip up foam at Caswell Bay near Swansea
Photograph: Phil Rees/Rex/Shutterstock
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Police at a road in Maidenhead blocked by a fallen tree
Photograph: Peter Clifton/PA
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Huge waves hit the sea defences at Newhaven harbour in East Sussex
Photograph: Jon Santa Cruz/Rex/Shutterstock
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Cars make their way through floodwater in Accrington
Photograph: Peter Powell/EPA
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Windy weather on the Ayrshire coast at Saltcoats
Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA
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Flooded houses in Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire, after the River Calder burst its banks
Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
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Storm Ciara arrives in Lyme Regis
Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images
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Firefighters rescuing a person from a car in a flooded street in Blackpool
Photograph: PA
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A trampoline blown on to the railway line between Sevenoaks and Orpington
Photograph: PA
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Flooding in the Cumbrian market town of Appleby
Photograph: WittWooPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock
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Residents work on flood defences in Appleby
Photograph: WittWooPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock
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Waves crash into the breakwater in Newhaven
Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA
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Flooding in Hawes, North Yorkshire
Photograph: Thomas Beresford/PA
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A fallen tree in Battersea, London
Photograph: Johnny Armstead/Rex/Shutterstock
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A house cut off by floodwater near the River Tweed at Peebles in the Scottish Borders
Photograph: David Cheskin/Getty Images
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