Meanwhile, there were delays on the M5 northbound between Junctions 22 for Burnham and 23 for Bridgwater earlier, after the strong winds took the roof off a lorry - forcing two lanes to be closed.

Two workers from the Environment Agency rescued a woman after her car was swept away while trying to cross a flooded ford, at Chew Stoke east of Blagdon.

And two people have been taken to hospital as a precaution, after a large tree fell on a house in Bridgwater,

Flood warnings are in place in North Somerset, and across the South West.