In pictures: Storm Arwen brings snow, waves and winds

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Image caption, People were advised to stay away from the coast as huge waves were whipped up by the wind, as seen at Roker in Sunderland

Storm Arwen brought winds of up to 98mph as well as large waves and heavy snowfall across the weekend.

A red warning for wind was in place from 15:00 GMT on Friday through to Saturday morning up the North East coast into Scotland.

Three people were killed by falling trees with thousands of homes hit by power cuts.

Here are a selection of photographs from across the country showing some of the impact of Storm Arwen.

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Image caption, A tree was split in two at New York in North Tyneside, damaging a nearby car

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Image caption, The Tyne and Wear Metro was unable to run on Saturday with services also affected on Sunday

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Image caption, Some people also made advantage of the snowy weather

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Image caption, Large parts of the country were hit by snow, including Lichfield in Staffordshire

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Image caption, Heavy snow also fell on the Yorkshire Dales, as captured here at Gunnerside

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Image caption, Many Yorkshire residents woke to a covering of snow on Saturday and Sunday

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Image caption, The weather did not deter this pair from walking on Grinton Moor in North Yorkshire...

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Image caption, ...or these ramblers near Buxton in the Peak District

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Image caption, People were snowed in at the Tan Hill Inn in North Yorkshire for three nights after going to see an Oasis tribute act on Friday

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Image caption, Lee Park in Liverpool also got a covering of snow

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Image caption, Leek in Staffordshire got a dumping of snow

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Image caption, The 成人快手 Weather Watchers have been out in force to photograph the effects of Storm Arwen, as seen here in Coventry...
Image caption, Venus de Milo - now nicknamed Venus de Mi-Snow - was sculpted by a mystery Sheffield artist in Endcliffe Park on Sunday afternoon

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