08/02/2014 South East Today


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Good evening. More severe wdather is the BBC News channel. We are back

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Good evening. More severe wdather is forecast to hit the South E`st over

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the next 24 hours, with coastguards warning of the dangers to pdople

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wanting to see the dramatic weather for themselves on cliffs and

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beaches. Tonight, there are 11 flood warnings in Kent and Sussex. John

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Young reports. Four o'clock in Eastbourne this

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afternoon and the sorts of scenes that make coastguards anxiots. As

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the rain subsides and the force of the winds and waves take centre

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stage. The winds have been picking up all afternoon and are expected to

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get much stronger through the night and into tomorrow. It may look like

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a great chance to go for a stroll but that is what worries

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coastguards, especially when this sort of weather happens at weekends.

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Dylan Alkins was swept out to sea on a Sunday afternoon in Newhaven. He

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was 14 years old. Seven weeks later, a woman in her late 30s drowned

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after a Friday night out in Brighton. It seems she had run into

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the waves after a few drinks. Particularly it is people coming

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down looking to take an exchting photograph or playing a dard with

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some waves breaking. It can quickly overwhelm someone and take them out

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to sea. Further inland, the challenges

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remain. This was Canterbury city centre this morning, this is the

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remains of a car in Tunbridge Wells. More heavy rain is expected

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tomorrow. A vehicle takes twice as long to

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stop in rain and we would encourage people to slow down and heed the

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conditions. If it is diffictlt to see because of rain or sprax then

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slow down. On the road or on the coast, the

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message tonight from the experts, keep your distance.

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Meanwhile, angry farmers on the Romney Marsh claim that not enough

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is being done to maintain the area during this period of heavy

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rainfall, with some complaining of ruined crops, waterlogged fhelds and

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clogged waterways. Ian Palmdr reports.

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He's a farmer not enjoying his work. He says much of his wheat crop has

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been underwater since December last year. He blames the Environlent

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Agency for not maintaining the water courses on Romney Marsh. I think

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there could be a case for using the money better than they do.

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Internet has got to be high priority. We've got a good system in

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place, it just needs maintahning. Farmers say that reedbeds h`ven t

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been cut back and waterways haven't been dredged.

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The Environment Agency says it be silted several areas. It has a

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five`year plan for the Romndy marshes which it will sit share with

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farmers over the coming week. You discover one of the two machines

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here isn't working. The Envhronment Agency says it will meet farmers and

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their representatives as soon as the weather improves.

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The Southeastern train servhce between Battle and Robertsbridge is

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not expected to resume until the last week of February. The line was

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closed following two landslhps due to the recent bad weather.

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Replacement bus services ard currently running to replacd trains

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between the two stations. Ndtwork Rail say they are bringing hn 1 ,000

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tonnes of stone to rebuild the embankment at Whatlington Vhaduct,

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one of the landslip sites. Football and Brighton kept tp their

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play`off push with victory over struggling Doncaster but Ch`rlton

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lost 2`0 at home to Birmingham. And in League One, Gillingham bdat

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Carlisle 2`1. Let's get the weather.

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I'm afraid we have another wet and windy nights to come and thdre is

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still a wet of `` Met Officd yellow warning in place. That is until six

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o'clock in the morning. Showers pushing north eastwards and gusty

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south`westerly winds as well. It made peak at 70 mph on the

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coastline. Not a very pleas`nt night tonight. Tomorrow is not too

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dissimilar to today. More showers pushing through, heavy at thmes

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Still a strong south`westerly wind. On Monday morning ice may bd an

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issue. And of course the ground is saturated. On Tuesday there is an

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early yellow warning in place for rain again. Have a very good night.

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Goodbye. Good evening. Unfortunately I don't

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have much good news in this forecast. There may be a brief

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respite later tomorrow with the wind and the rain but it will not be long

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enough and we have today's storm withers, pounding many coastlines in

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the south and west, hence the Amber wind warning from the Met Office. It

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is a windy day across the board and it is not just the wind that is a

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concern. It is causing high waves, damaging winds, but there is more

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shower activity, hail, thunder and snow in the north and the potential

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for another 10-20 millimetres of rain in parts of Wales, the

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south-west, perhaps some persistent showers in the south-east, coupled

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with those rather lively wins. They hold the temp Richard tonight but

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there could be ice in Scotland, given that we have wintry showers

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Wash they hold the temperatures up to. Here is the respite. The shower

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frequency edges down in the afternoon and the winds was well to

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slightly drier, brighter Sunday afternoon. But it is only a

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temporary dry spell. Tomorrow evening and

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