Strong winds batter UK – in pictures

Children get sprayed by rough waves at Cardswell Bay, Gourock, in western Scotland Photograph: Graham Stuart/AFP/Getty Images

Big waves at Blackpool Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

An overturned lorry on the M9 motorway near Stirling Photograph: Russell Cheyne/Reuters

Two women walk in the rain in Glasgow Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Largs promenade in North Ayrshire Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

A person takes cover at Abington Services on the M74 in Lanarkshire Photograph: Graham Stuart/AFP/Getty Images

Waves crash over the railway lines between Saltcoats and Stevenston in North Ayrshire Photograph: Daniel Gilfeather/Rex Features

Derek McManus and his dog Fergal in Largs Photograph: Hemedia/South West News

A wind turbine malfunctions in Ardrossan Photograph: Universal News And Sport

Waves break over the harbour wall in Portstewart, on the north coast of County Derry Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters

Stuart Pennicook surfs at dusk off Newquay Photograph: Chris Helgren/Reuters

A passenger aircraft gets blown off course while trying to land at Leeds-Bradford airport Photograph: Andrew McCaren/Ross Parry Agency

Driftwood and debris thrown up from the sea on Prestwick promenade Photograph: Universal News And Sport

A man walks his dog on the Portstewart Strand coast in Northern Ireland Photograph: Cathal Mcnaughton/Reuters

Waves crash against the promenade in Largs Photograph: David Moir/Reuters

Two boys are blown by a gust of wind in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

A workman attempts to clear a drain as winds lash Helensburgh Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

A shop damaged by winds in Dumbarton Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

Two women link arms as they walk in strong winds in Edinburgh Photograph: David Moir/Reuters