Waves crashed against a sea wall in the British town of Newhaven on Friday (October 23) as Storm Austen battered the south of England.
PM Andy Burnham said that UK is facing a winter of greater flooding.
Southern railways reported multiple incidents of disruption, and videos obtained by local media showed part of Brighton's iconic West Pier collapsed during the storm.
The Met Office on Thursday (October 22) issued an Amber wind warning for the whole of Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly and parts of West Devon ahead of the arrival of the storm.
Wind speeds of up to 70mph (112.65kmph) were recorded on the Isles of Scilly, the Met Office said in a social media post on Friday morning.
