A woman died in Wakefield after a tree smashed into her car A woman died after being impaled by a branch which smashed into her car during high winds and torrential rain that battered England overnight.
It happened on the A642 near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, as gusts of up to 80mph were felt in parts of northern England.
In Blackpool, the town’s iconic tower was closed off after plastic sheeting and scaffolding fell to the ground.
Planes were diverted from Leeds-Bradford and Manchester airports and a sail broke off a Lancashire windmill.
Elsewhere in Lancashire, the dome came off the Darwen Tower and about 40 weather-related incidents were reported to the fire service.
The BBC Weather Centre said the winds would slowly ease off through the day.
Leeds-Bradford Airport was badly affected with one flight from Dublin forced to divert to Liverpool after making three unsuccessful attempts to land.
Other planes were forced to fly on to Manchester.
The dome has disappeared from the top of Darwen Tower in Lancashire Three flights into Manchester, from Egypt, Israel and Tenerife, had to be diverted between 2300 GMT on Thursday and 0100 GMT on Friday.
Two flights were sent to Luton and the third diverted to East Midlands Airport.
The south of England also saw damage and disruption.
A Royal Navy ship was battered by storm force 10 winds in the Bristol Channel. HMS Monmouth is waiting to dock in Cardiff.
In Cornwall, police were forced to close the B3269 at Sweetshouse near Bodmin after a number of trees fell.
Engineers from Cornwall Council’s highways department were out overnight clearing the trees and other debris.
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