A red weather warning for the Isle of Wight has been removed, but an amber warning remains.
Winds will continue to gust into the evening and the Met Office's warning will be in place until 9pm.
Earlier, the Isle of Wight saw a gust of 122mph -a new record for lowland areas - at the Needles.
Meanwhile, 90 passengers spent four hours on a Wightlink ferry in the Solent, when the storm was at its peak.
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The amber warning says: "Extremely strong winds are expected to develop over southwest England early on Friday, before spreading north and east during the day.
"Inland wind gusts widely in the 60-70 mph range but up to 80 mph in a few places.
"Around coasts of west Wales and southwest England, gusts of 80 to 90 mph are possible.
"Winds are expected to ease across western areas through the afternoon, and eastern areas during the evening."
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By Christian Beasley
Some areas have experienced flooding and a flood warning is in place for parts of East Cowes, Cowes and Newport.
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Tomorrow, a yellow warning will be in force, between 6am and 6pm.
Meanwhile, local forecaster, the Isle of Wight Met Service's red warning ends at 4pm.
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