:00:00. > :00:00.struggled with an Australian barrage all tour. Let's hope this guy has a
:00:00. > :00:26.lot Rail passengers were left stranded
:00:27. > :00:28.on a train in Somerset overnight as torrential rain caused serious
:00:29. > :00:32.problems across the region. The train hit a fallen tree on the track
:00:33. > :00:40.then came to a halt in Taunton. Hello, good evening. Our
:00:41. > :00:49.correspondent reports. It's left Paddington at 8:30pm on the way to
:00:50. > :00:53.Plymouth but it got no further than Taunton. This damage was caused when
:00:54. > :00:57.it hit a fallen tree on the track. At that the fact that the track
:00:58. > :01:01.further west was flooded and this train got no further. We were here
:01:02. > :01:07.for six hours and we do not know how we getting home. The nightmare
:01:08. > :01:11.Christmas! Many of the 200 passengers were stranded on the
:01:12. > :01:14.strain overnight. First Great Western did organise coaches and
:01:15. > :01:18.taxis to get the passengers to their final destinations that was a task
:01:19. > :01:25.made harder because of flooding on roads. Some of the rail replacement
:01:26. > :01:29.transport that we would normally put in place in Devon and Cornwall were
:01:30. > :01:35.not prepared to go out in the weather so the roads were in almost
:01:36. > :01:42.as worse State as the railways. Devon and Somerset Fire Service
:01:43. > :01:49.answered 250 emergency calls overnight, rescuing 26 people stuck
:01:50. > :01:54.in their cars in flood water. Some drivers plainly wished they had not
:01:55. > :01:58.tried going through floodwaters This hotel had its Christmas
:01:59. > :02:08.decorations disrupted by flooding, the worst in a decade. Wade is only
:02:09. > :02:15.on this road, and unless you are prepared to swim. `` waders. The bad
:02:16. > :02:24.weather has caused flooding across the West. The centre of Bradford on
:02:25. > :02:27.Avon has just been closed off as river levels keep rising ` from
:02:28. > :02:30.where Steve Knibbs reports. At the biggest road junction here,
:02:31. > :02:36.improvised traffic control. The water has been rising since 9am and
:02:37. > :02:42.everyone has helped out. Nobody else was doing anything. Gentle, gentle!
:02:43. > :02:49.They are making a wave if they go too quick. On what should have been
:02:50. > :02:57.one of the busiest days for local businesses, many had no choice but
:02:58. > :03:01.to shut up early. We got what we could but it was a case of getting
:03:02. > :03:06.what we could and leaving the shop. We will come back when it is all
:03:07. > :03:13.gone. While some tried to get where they were going, someone were
:03:14. > :03:17.starting the clean`up. Every time it floods, a group of neighbours are
:03:18. > :03:22.out sorting it out and trying to get the water in the field. There is so
:03:23. > :03:29.much from the fields that it was ruining the road. Fire crews cannot
:03:30. > :03:33.get the water out because there is nowhere to go. Until it receives,
:03:34. > :03:42.the town has been cut into four Christmas. And in the last hour
:03:43. > :03:45.we've been told that the Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service has stopped
:03:46. > :03:49.ferrying people across the bridge in Bradford on Avon and closed it
:03:50. > :03:50.completely due to concerns about the safety of the bridge itself. Let's
:03:51. > :03:51.get the weather now and completely due to concerns about the
:03:52. > :03:54.safety of the bridge Jenna is here with a forecast. Thank you. After
:03:55. > :04:00.the chaos of yesterday, it is an improving story from Christmas Day
:04:01. > :04:06.and Boxing Day. The worst is over until Friday. Christmas Day itself,
:04:07. > :04:10.some decent spells of sunshine and some wintry showers as well as a
:04:11. > :04:16.chilly breeze. On Christmas Eve some showers still around, wintry
:04:17. > :04:20.mix on higher ground. A blustery breeze has helped with the
:04:21. > :04:27.evaporation process, but it is a cold day and a cold night to come. A
:04:28. > :04:34.chilly night to come. Showers are around. A wind chill still with
:04:35. > :04:40.highs of six or eight Celsius. We have further weather warnings after
:04:41. > :04:43.a sunny Boxing Day. The weather will change on Friday with rain and a
:04:44. > :04:51.strengthening win. That wind will get to 60 mph and further rain could
:04:52. > :04:56.see rail and travel disruption once again as well as trees down. Thank
:04:57. > :05:01.you. That is it from us and we are back on Boxing Day. From all of us
:05:02. > :05:02.here, enjoy the rest of your Christmas Eve and have a very Merry
:05:03. > :05:03.Christmas. Good night. it from us - we are back on Boxing
:05:04. > :05:06.Day at One o'clock. Merry Christmas.