:00:00. > 3:59:59struggled with an Australian barrage all tour. Let's hope this guy has a
:00:00. > :00:12.Good evening. Thousands of homes in lot more success
:00:13. > :00:15.Good evening. Thousands of homes in Kent and Sussex will be without
:00:16. > :00:19.power on Christmas Day, as electricity companies battle with
:00:20. > :00:24.the aftermath of last night's storm. Some parts saw 120 millimetres of
:00:25. > :00:27.rainfall, almost five inches. A number of rivers have burst their
:00:28. > :00:30.banks, causing flooding that has blocked roads, disrupted train
:00:31. > :00:40.services and led to major delays at Gatwick Airport. Jon Hunt reports.
:00:41. > :00:46.A town flooded on Christmas eve, around 90 millimetres of rain fell
:00:47. > :00:50.overnight, with the rising water spilling into shops and homes.
:00:51. > :00:55.Christmas has been ruined for Maggie and her family, her home flooded
:00:56. > :01:02.this morning, ruin in her new kitchen, extension and flooring.
:01:03. > :01:06.Just devastated, it has hit me hard. I realise how much it has ruined
:01:07. > :01:13.everything we have worked for, everything we have worked for, it
:01:14. > :01:17.has wrecked it for my husband, the work he has done here. 20 foot
:01:18. > :01:24.warnings were in place across the South East on 14 rivers and
:01:25. > :01:27.streams. The rain is now finding its way into the rivers so the majority
:01:28. > :01:31.of the rivers across the South East are still rising and we are watching
:01:32. > :01:37.those closely, and we have issued flood alert and afford warnings as
:01:38. > :01:43.necessary. Dashboard warnings. Roads were locked and electricity and
:01:44. > :01:48.telephone cables were wrote down. This man is worried his Christmas
:01:49. > :01:54.food will spoil if the power to stop combat scene. `` comeback soon.
:01:55. > :02:00.About 10pm, the lights went out and they came back again, then it
:02:01. > :02:04.flashed three times and that was it, they were out completely. At the
:02:05. > :02:10.peak of the disruption, 40,000 homes in the area were without power.
:02:11. > :02:15.Thousands may remain disconnected on Christmas Day. If customers do not
:02:16. > :02:18.have power back tonight, it is unlikely they will have it tomorrow.
:02:19. > :02:24.We expect the majority of customers to be back on supply by Boxing Day.
:02:25. > :02:29.More than 70 flights were cancelled out of today and others disrupted a
:02:30. > :02:34.problem with derelict trusty system caused problems. Everybody was
:02:35. > :02:39.standing around, thousands of people around the terminal, they are coming
:02:40. > :02:45.up to you step by step calling out flights. Trying to get the backlog
:02:46. > :02:49.sorted out. The winds may have used for the time being but there is
:02:50. > :02:55.still the risk of more flooding. Families are facing a difficult
:02:56. > :02:58.Christmas, fighting the floodwaters, coping without power or being forced
:02:59. > :03:03.to spend Christmas out of their homes.
:03:04. > :03:05.It has also been a day of misery on the trains, with both Southern and
:03:06. > :03:08.Southeastern facing massive disruption to their services. Our
:03:09. > :03:17.reporter, Ellie Price, is at Three Bridges station in Crawley now. What
:03:18. > :03:23.is the latest? As you say, misery. Passengers here
:03:24. > :03:29.are trying desperately to get to where they need to be this Christmas
:03:30. > :03:32.Eve. A landslide has disrupted trains between London and the coast.
:03:33. > :03:38.Hundreds of passengers have been waiting over an hour for replacement
:03:39. > :03:43.buses or trying to get a taxi, and things are not likely to get
:03:44. > :03:48.better. Southern trains say passengers must travel now because
:03:49. > :03:55.the last scheduled training could be cancelled, Southeast and wrapping up
:03:56. > :03:59.their services as we speak. `` the last scheduled train. Let's take a
:04:00. > :04:02.look at the weather. It is an increasing `` and improving
:04:03. > :04:13.story. Much drier over the next couple of
:04:14. > :04:20.days. Temperatures, nine, 10 degrees, and winds will ease off.
:04:21. > :04:23.Around 20 mph. Heavy shower around tonight, quite a cold night,
:04:24. > :04:30.temperatures dropping to three, four degrees. A damp start to Christmas
:04:31. > :04:35.Day. It will be colder and brighter. The winds will stay later, from a
:04:36. > :04:41.south`westerly direction. 15, 20 mph. Top temperatures in single
:04:42. > :04:45.figures. On Boxing Day, it will be the driest state of the week. High
:04:46. > :04:51.pressure to thank for that, lots of sunshine, but it does not stay that
:04:52. > :04:57.way. Warnings out for heavy rain on Friday and gale force winds.
:04:58. > :04:57.Thank you, make the best of it, despite the disruption. Happy
:04:58. > :05:02.Christmas! it from us - we are back on Boxing
:05:03. > :05:15.Day at One o'clock. Merry Christmas. Hello. The weather has been a little
:05:16. > :05:18.kinder today to travellers and last-minute Christmas shoppers
:05:19. > :05:20.across