15/02/2014 Spotlight

Good afternoon. The South West has been put to the test once more by

yet another storm. The bouts of strong winds and heavy rains

sweeping in from the Atlantic may be coming to an end. Gusts of 80mph

were recorded off Dorset coach last night and thousands of people are

without power this lunch time. Rail services are disrupted and roads in

Devon have suffered badly from falling trees. Severe flood warnings

remain in place. This is the clock tower and

institute building in kings sand, we saw images yesterday, those big

waves pounding in. There was concern for people in the community. They

were right to be concerned. As you can see this morning, there's more

damage. A new hole has appeared at the base of this building. We have

builders on site to see how to shore it up and protect this historic

building. The plan for Monday was that concrete would be pumped into

the base to give it extra support. That may be delayed because of this

new hole. They have to figure out how to make it safe first. It's a

setback for the clock tower. There's concern it could collapse all

together if they can't sort the problems out. Elsewhere we have

issued at SlaptonLay last night. People were rescued trapped in their

cars. People were stranded in their cars, trapped in the water there.

Also at dualish, again sea defences took a pounding from powerful waves.

The sea containers used to shore up the sea wall took a beating and took

damage. 50 people had to be evacuated from their homes as a

precaution. On the rail, still no rail services between Penzance and

Plymouth as well. Elsewhere, near Plymouth, as well as fallen trees,

we have roofs coming off, power lines are down. About 10,000 people

are still without power this morning. The South West this

morning, and the rest of the day is licking its wounds.

The Prime Minister visited the south`west this week defending his

response to the floods, saying money and resources were being made

available to help people. Today, the Shadow Environment Secretary, Maria

eagle, became the latest politician to see the damage. We want to hear

your stories of flooding. Get in touch:

Sport and many of today's fixtures are on, despite a day of wet weather

yesterday. Torquay United are away to Chesterfield.

The weather may not be make being the headlines for too much longer,

thankfully. Let's get the full forecast for now. ( Good afternoon.

We saw some very strong winds last night. Those winds, though, have

been easing and they'll continue to ease through the rest of today. We

have got showers around as well, a mixture of sunny spells and showers.

Those showers will tend to become fewer through the afternoon. Where

the showers occur, they could be heavy and bring hail and thunder. We

still have a yellow Met Office warning in force. Eventually the

showers ease away and we see more in the way of sunny spells. Highs of

eight to ten degrees. Overnight, with the clear skies, it is going to

turn chilly. We are likely to see frost and ice could be a hazard

through tonight as well. Lows of one to three degrees. For tomorrow then,

a cold but bright start to the day. Lots of sunshine on the way. We may

find a few showers creeping in to the west later.

That's it, I'm back at 6pm tonight, do join me then, if you can.

Whatever you're doing, have a great afternoon.

Good afternoon. It looks as though we could be heading towards a sunny

Sunday, something I assure we will all be grateful. What a store the!

In Berry head in Devon winds were in excess of 80 miles an hour. In

Heathrow airport, they were seeing winds of over 60 miles an hour.

These will ease through the rest of the day and we will have a few

decent showers to encounter. You can see this lump across the far north

and west, perhaps more of an organised line of showery rain which

is set to descend to south and east through the afternoon. There will be

some sharp showers this afternoon. Showers continuing up into the north

of Scotland. It will feel quite cold despite some sunshine. Quite a