People were warned to stay indoors and avoid the roads unless necessary after gusts of more than 70mph (112km/h) battered parts of the UK overnight.
Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service issued the advice as it dealt with a number of storm-related incidents. A similar warning was issued on Jersey.
Hundreds of homes in Devon and Cornwall were without power.
In Bude, a road was closed after part of a Sainsbury's supermarket roof came off on Sunday night.
The supermarket said the store remained closed on Monday morning but staff were working hard to reopen. The spokesman said the popular Bude supermarket tunnel, which topped TripAdvisor ratings last year, was safe.
There were reports of fallen trees blocking a number of roads in Cornwall, where winds reached speeds of 73 mph (117 kmph), while Highways England said 29 trees came down in Devon overnight.
The A377 at Umberleigh, Devon, was closed by a landslip and several large fallen trees.
In another incident at Topsham, Devon, a police officer tweeted photos of a colleague lifting a tree out of the way of a dark road, writing: "Topsham you are most welcome."
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