Motorists are being urged to check journey routes before setting out between Weymouth and Portland.
Police asked pedestrians and motorists to avoid the centre of Scarborough.
Train, ferry and road users face disruption as Storm Austen sweeps in from the south west.
Several parts of north Staffordshire are facing flooding, as Storm Austen batters the region.
People on Isle of Man have been warned to brace for severe gales of up to 70mph with a risk or injury.
Heavy rain hit the islands ahead of a weekend of weather warnings across the rest of Scotland.
The deaths include two women found drowned in a cellar in the Bouches-du-Rhône region.
Journalist Will Murray describes how he and a bystander saved an SUV driver from his vehicle.
Kendal's flood defence scheme is yet to be completed nearly 11 years after Storm Desmond.
