:00:00. > :00:10.Hi, it's your morning Newsround. On today's show: The latest on last
:00:11. > :00:21.night's weather misery. More than 100,000 homes are waking
:00:22. > :00:26.up without power after hurricane force-winds battered the UK. Public
:00:27. > :00:32.transport is disrupted and trees have fallen down. It's the morning
:00:33. > :00:35.after the night before and a clean up operation is underway. On this
:00:36. > :00:39.street in Chertsey near London, the water pumps have been running all
:00:40. > :00:47.night. It's a desperate attempt to keep the water away from homes. Last
:00:48. > :00:57.night we worked until 4am in the morning. When we got up, we got a
:00:58. > :01:03.bigger pump, hopefully it is going down. Hopefully we are winning.
:01:04. > :01:06.But more water is on the way. The River Thames is expected to rise
:01:07. > :01:09.again and could soon reach its highest level for 60 years. On
:01:10. > :01:13.Wednesday, 100 mile an hour winds hit parts of Wales - strong enough
:01:14. > :01:18.to blow trees down. People were warned to stay indoors after trees
:01:19. > :01:24.fell on power lines. One person died, and more than a 100,000 homes
:01:25. > :01:28.are without electricity. The bad weather is also affecting public
:01:29. > :01:31.transport. 500 people had to leave Crewe station after the wind damaged
:01:32. > :01:34.the roof and caused a fire - and passengers on this train from London
:01:35. > :01:40.to Edinburgh were stranded in Yorkshire for a while. In Chertsey,
:01:41. > :01:44.special marine police are making sure everybody is safe. The clean-up
:01:45. > :01:50.continues, but the wet winter isn't over yet.
:01:51. > :01:53.Next to your sport headlines and two big football games were called off
:01:54. > :01:56.because of the weather last night - Manchester City against Sunderland
:01:57. > :02:00.and Everton versus Crystal Palace both postponed for safety reasons. A
:02:01. > :02:04.handful of games did survive Arsenal missed their chance to return to the
:02:05. > :02:07.top of the table after a goalless draw against Manchester Utd.
:02:08. > :02:10.Emanuelle Adebayor scored twice as Spurs won 4-0 at Newcastle, Stoke
:02:11. > :02:20.and Swansea drew and Steven Gerrard's late penalty ensured
:02:21. > :02:28.Liverpool beat Fulham 3-2. This is always a difficult game. They are
:02:29. > :02:34.very well organised. There is that are fighting to stay in the league.
:02:35. > :02:45.But a great performance against Arsenal, three points tonight.
:02:46. > :02:49.To Sochi and it's a busy day for Team GB at the Winter Olympics.
:02:50. > :02:52.James Woods is on course to make the final of the Freestyle Skiing Men's
:02:53. > :02:55.Slopestyle after this qualifying jump this morning. Later on all eyes
:02:56. > :02:58.will be on the Women's Skeleton with 2006 Olympic silver medallist
:02:59. > :03:00.Shelley Rudman and World Cup champion Lizzy Yarnold representing
:03:01. > :03:04.GB. There's also curling, cross country skiing, speed skating and
:03:05. > :03:11.the team relay in the luge - a new event for the games.
:03:12. > :03:17.Yesterday a massive sinkhole opened up in the fall of the National
:03:18. > :03:25.Corvette Museum in the USA. It swallowed up a rare and valuable
:03:26. > :03:29.cars. Nobody was injured. But some vintage motors are now eight feet
:03:30. > :03:32.underground. The Duke of Cambridge has pledged to
:03:33. > :03:35.support efforts to tackle the illegal trade in wildlife. Speaking
:03:36. > :03:39.in London last night, Prince William set out a five point plan to help
:03:40. > :03:45.look after species such as tigers, elephants and rhinos. Later this
:03:46. > :03:54.morning the Prince will discuss his plans with leaders from around the
:03:55. > :03:59.world and Nel is there for us. The illegal wildlife trade is a
:04:00. > :04:09.business. Worth about six William pounds internationally. It affects
:04:10. > :04:13.some of the most iconic species such as tigers, rhinos, elephants. But it
:04:14. > :04:23.is not just animals, the conference will also talk about endangered
:04:24. > :04:26.plant basis. -- species. Leaders from 50 nations around the world
:04:27. > :04:31.have been arriving all morning. They will try to knock with a plan to
:04:32. > :04:39.educate people living in areas where poaching takes place. They want to
:04:40. > :04:52.reduce the demand in places like Asia and enforcing is asking laws
:04:53. > :04:57.will stop -- existing laws. That's all from me, there's loads
:04:58. > :04:59.more to sink your teeth into over on the Newsround website.