The Met Office has issued a warning about Storm Dennis bringing 70mph winds and flooding to the UK this weekend.
Forecasters have put out 'danger to life' wind and rain weather alerts for England and Wales on Saturday and Sunday.
Both warnings will be in force across the south of the UK on Saturday, with the rain alert lasting until noon on Sunday.
It comes amid heavy snowfall across the UK today, with an amber warning in force in Scotland and yellow alerts active across much of the north of the UK.
The Met Office wind warning for Saturday predicts gusts of up to 70mph, with flying debris possible.
It states: "Very strong winds in association with Storm Dennis are expected on Saturday across many parts of England and Wales.
"Gusts of 50mph are expected widely inland, with around 60mph in places. Around the coasts, especially in the west and south, gusts of 60-70mph are likely.
"This will be accompanied by heavy rain at times."
The worst of the weather is expected to take place between noon and midnight on Saturday.
A rain alert covering much of Wales and north-west, south-west, south and south-east England begins at noon on Saturday and ends at the same time on Sunday.
It warns of up to three inches of rain in some parts of the UK.
The warning says: "Heavy rain associated with Storm Dennis is expected to move east across England and Wales on Saturday and Sunday.
"Accumulations of 15 to 30 mm are expected widely, with 50 to 70 mm across parts of the higher ground in the west.
"This rain is expected to fall across areas already wet from recent rainfall."
Storm Dennis will pass to the north of Scotland on Saturday, bringing wet and windy weather.
Further weather warnings are expected to be issued in the next few days.
Steve Ramsdale, chief meteorologist at the Met Office said: “Another spell of very wet and windy weather is expected for Saturday, although Storm Dennis is currently not expected to be as severe as Ciara disruption is still likely.
"Our confidence in the forecast means we have been able to issue severe weather warnings well in advance, giving people time to prepare for potential impacts of the storm.
“With further warnings possible over the next few days people should keep up to date with the Met Office forecast using our website, app or by following us on social media.”
Storm Ciara has now cleared, although there is still a risk of snow and ice in some areas.
Yellow weather warnings for snow, ice and wind are in place today and tomorrow.
A rain warning has also been issued for south Scotland on Friday.
The Environment Agency has put out 57 flood warnings and 161 less serious flood alerts.
The Government, meanwhile, has activated an emergency financial aid package for areas devastated by Storm Ciara.
Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick said: "I have activated the emergency Bellwin scheme to support communities affected by Storm Ciara in West Yorkshire, Cumbria and Lancashire."
Under the Bellwin scheme, local authorities dealing with the effects of the storm can apply to have some of their costs reimbursed by the Government.
This could be for items including rest centres, temporary accommodation and staff overtime.
Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers told MPs more than 500 properties are believed to have been flooded during Storm Ciara, with the number expected to rise further.
She told the Commons: "Particularly severe impacts have been felt in Yorkshire along the River Calder, in Lancashire along the River Ribble, in Great Manchester along the Irwell and in Appleby on the Eden."
She added: "The latest number of properties confirmed to have been flooded are 40 in Cumbria, 100 in Lancashire, 150 in Greater Manchester and 260 in Yorkshire.
"We urge people in at-risk areas to remain vigilant, not to take unnecessary risks and to sign-up to receive Environment Agency flood alerts."
However multiple MPs took issue with the Government's response, branding it 'completely unacceptable' that many constituents flooded during Storm Ciara were also victims of the 2015 Boxing Day floods.
"Many of my constituents who were flooded over the weekend are exactly the same people who were flooded on Boxing Day in 2015 which really is completely unacceptable," Tory MP for Shipley, Philip Davies, said.
Trains were impacted while airlines operating to and from UK airports were also affected by the weather conditions, with more than 100 flights cancelled.
