Further stormy weather is expected across many parts of the UK as coastal communities already hit by flooding begin to assess the damage.
Four severe flood warnings are in force in England, with a storm surge expected on the Firth of Forth later.
Commons environment committee chair Anne McIntosh MP described the flooding as a "major event".
Meanwhile a search has resumed for Harry Martin, 18, last seen approaching a Devon coast path on Thursday.
It is believed he had been going to take weather-related photos on the coast path near his home in Membland, Newton Ferrers.
Ms McIntosh said the government had looked at a recommendation by Sir Michael Pitt, chief executive of the Planning Inspectorate, into moving electricity substations to higher ground.
She also said that more frequent rehearsals were needed between flood events, and urged people to heed government warnings to stay away from sea fronts and rivers.
Simon Clemison, reporting from the seafront at Portland, Dorset
The Isle of Portland, once home to the Royal Navy and Olympic sailing events, knows its coastline only too well and the damage the sea can do.
Sirens are in place which raise the alarm when flooding starts. So far the only sound has been the crashing of the waves.
Rest centres were opened and manned last night, amid fears staff would not be able to reach the island and the causeway would be inundated.
The road was closed for a time cutting Portland off but in the early hours the most serious state of alert was lifted.
With rain following the winds battering the coast the biggest concern is now inland.
On Friday, hundreds of homes were flooded, and residents were evacuated in Dorset and Aberystwyth.
Barrier closedThe Environment Agency has issued severe flood warnings - meaning "danger to life" - for Westbury, Broadoak and Newnham on the Severn Estuary in Gloucestershire.
A severe flood warning is also in place on the tidal Severn from Elmore to Rodley due to strong winds which could cause defences to be overtopped, and at Minsterworth and Quedgeley.
In Dorset, a severe flood warning has been issued for Iford Bridge Home Park in Bournemouth.
In Scotland, where a number of flood alerts and warnings are in place, local authorities and the environment agency Sepa have warned of a possible large storm surge on the Forth on Saturday afternoon.
The greatest danger will be at about 16:00 GMT with low-lying areas affected around the Firth of Forth, and inland at the River Esk in Musselburgh.
Roads remain closed because of flooding in parts of the UK including south-west England, Cumbria, southern Wales, Northern Ireland and western Scotland.
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Flooded River Severn in Gloucestershire from the air
BBC forecaster Peter Avery said wet weather would become dominant across the southern counties of England and the south-eastern corner of Wales on Saturday morning.
On Sunday, more wet and windy weather would work its way towards the western side of the British Isles, gradually sweeping its way towards the north and the east with some heavy downpours expected.
And on Monday, rain and high winds are again expected across parts of the UK.
Promenade dangerThe Environment Agency has issued more than 300 lower-level flood alerts and warnings across England and Wales.
The agency's John Curtin warned the risk of flooding would continue throughout the weekend and urged people to check their flood risk via its website and Twitter.
"We would again remind people to avoid coastal paths and promenades which could be dangerous," he said.
On Friday, a tidal surge caused flooding in western and southern Scotland.
In mid Wales, about 100 people took shelter for high tide at a school in Aberystwyth and a community centre eight miles (13km) away in Borth, where waves peaked at up to 6ft (1.8m).
Rebecca Davies, pro vice-chancellor of Aberystwyth University, said on Saturday about 120 students had been evacuated from seafront residences in the town.
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She said waves had "pretty much washed away" big sections of the promenade.
"Our accommodation is basically now acting almost as the sea wall," she said.
"They were all the houses which were on the seafront."
Sir John Beddington, former government chief scientific adviser, told BBC Radio 4 Today that we were experiencing "an increasing frequency of extreme weather events", like droughts and flooding, which is related to climate change.
Aidan Kerr, of the Association of British Insurers, told the programme that it was too early to estimate the total insurance cost of the flooding.
He said a single event was unlikely to affect insurance premiums in future.
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