At least 13 people are now known to have died in Britain's worst storms in 17 years as another death was reported.
A man was killed while refuelling his car at a petrol station in Bamber Bridge, near Preston, on Thursday when the garage canopy was blown off by high winds and fell on him.
The dead included a two-year-old boy as savage storms swept across the country.
Forecasters predicted the storms would calm down, but warned it would remain windy, with gusts of up to 40mph and colder temperatures on the way.
Morning commuters faced continuing problems on the transport network during the clear-up operation.
While the worst of the weather has passed, many train firms warned of delays as repairs were carried out following the gales.
The roads were said to be mostly clear but airports were still warning of cancellations.
A severely reduced service is operating on GNER's East Coast main line between London and Edinburgh while an emergency timetable was in operation on the Virgin Trains West Coast main line.
GNER spokesman Alan Hyde said: "We have been working hard to ensure that our trains and crews are in the right places to run as normal a service as possible.'' The Stansted Express is operating every half hour and Silverlink has cancelled all services between Watford and St Albans Abbey. Heathrow Airport said it was expecting flights to return to normal.
A spokesman for the Highways Agency said there were no major problems on the roads this morning and that everything had been cleared following yesterday's storms.
London Bridge train station was re-opened after being closed when part of the station forecourt roof collapsed.
South Eastern Trains reported a series of delays and cancellations to services between London Bridge and Kent stations.
There was widespread disruption for commuters Thursday night as thousands struggled to make their way home amid road closures and rail cancellations.
At London's Victoria station, hundreds of commuters waited on the concourse as train after train was cancelled or delayed.
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It seems this winter is more severe for many countries, europe, usa to name two large continents, who can argue there's no global warming? Any photo's of recent severe weather events from over there?
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