Stormy weather is returning to the UK as engineers try to reconnect more than 25,000 properties still without electricity following Wednesday's hurricane-force winds.

Heavy rain is hitting south-west England, with strong winds in the Isles of Scilly and snow on higher ground.

A BBC correspondent in Plymouth said waves were pounding the coastline.

Prime Minister David Cameron said the government would "fight at every front to help people" hit by floods.

He told ITV's Daybreak that money would be no object, saying: "In this relief effort, as we face these dreadful floods, the money that needs to be spent will be spent."

Forecasters said south-west England and parts of south Wales could see up to 40 mm of rainfall in six to nine hours during Friday.

Further east, 17 severe flood warnings remain in place in parts of Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Surrey and Somerset.

(Source: BBC)