Britons can expect a change in conditions after storms Austen and Boelo brought a battering of wind and rain that left three people dead.

High pressure is moving in, bringing drier conditions after the two storms caused “disturbed and unsettled” weather.

Met Office forecaster Craig Snell said the UK would see a “big flip in the weather” over the next 48 hours.

He said: “We’re saying goodbye to the low pressure and saying hello again to high pressure.”

But he said the calmer conditions will bring a new hazard – with dense and stubborn fog threatening to disrupt morning journeys.

Mr Snell said Wednesday would still be “fairly blustery” with scattered showers before winds begin to drop in the evening.

He added: “Come Thursday morning, some parts of the south and central parts of the UK could wake up to some fairly dense fog patches.

“They will be quite slow to clear.…