Hundreds of thousands of homes have been left without electricity across Britain after Storm Darragh battered the UK.

The storm, which led to a rare red weather warning being issued by the Met Office, saw winds of more than 90mph hit some areas of the country.

Powerful gusts brought down power cables and trees across the UK, with a number of major road blocked.

The Energy Networks Association said about 200,000 customers remained without power as of 9am on Sunday following the effects of the storm, but added that 88 per cent of affected customers had been reconnected.

The Environment Agency has more than 50 flood warnings, meaning flood is expected and people should act now, in force - along with more than 130 flood alerts, which mean flooding is possible.

A number of railway services remained severely disrupted on Sunday as a result of the storm.

Thames Water also reported that its pumping stations were continuing to face problems on Sunday.

A spokesperson said: "Unfortunately Storm Darragh continues to affect the power supply at a number of water treatment works and water pumping stations across our network."

Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill said: “It’s not quite the calm after the storm, but it is calmer than yesterday, for sure.

“There are still some disruptive winds around because whilst the low that is Storm Darragh has now cleared away towards the south east, tightly-packed isobars across much of the country indicate we do still have some very windy weather to come through today."

The winds are expected to slowly ease from the north throughout the day, the Met Office said.

Two men were killed on Saturday by falling trees hitting their vehicles.

West Midlands Police said the latest victim was killed when a tree fell and hit his car on Silver Birch Road, Erdington, on Saturday afternoon.

Earlier in the day, a man died after a tree fell onto his van in Lancashire.

The man, in his 40s, was driving his Citroen vehicle on the A59 at Longton, near Preston, at about 9am on Saturday.

A Met Office yellow weather warning for wind remains in force for all of England and Wales until 6pm on Sunday.