Hurricane Katia's strong winds batter Britain - in pictures

One of the statues that make up Antony Gormley's Another Place stands amid crashing waves on Crosby beach in Merseyside Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

A train makes its way through high waves crashing over the railway line in Saltcoats, North Ayrshire Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

Gales and high tides sweep the coast at Blackpool as the remnants of hurricane Katia hit British shores Photograph: John Giles/PA

A car is engulfed by a wave at Saltcoats harbour Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Strong winds cause trees to blow over, damaging a car in Allerton, Liverpool Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

Waves hit the seafront wall at Saltcoats harbour Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

A woman walks beside the rough seas at Rhossili Bay in the Gower peninsula near Swansea, Wales Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

A woman and her dog on Seaburn beach near Sunderland Photograph: Craig Connor /North News & Pictures Ltd

Birds struggling in the winds around the statue of comedian Eric Morecambe in Morecambe on the Lancashire coast Photograph: Christopher Thomond/Guardian

A man walks along the seafront at Largs on the Firth of Clyde in Ayrshire Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

An industrial unit in Langley Moor, County Durham, after a roof collapsed on 15 cars in high winds Photograph: Tom Wilkinson/PA

People walk along Portstewart Strand beach in Portstewart, Northern Ireland Photograph: Peter Muhly/AFP/Getty Images