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Good evening. Householders hn the News Channel. We are back with | :00:08. | :00:08. | |
Good evening. Householders hn the South East are being told to expect | :00:09. | :00:10. | |
more wind and rain tonight `s more wind and rain tonight `s | :00:11. | :00:13. | |
another storm passes through. 4 000 people are still without power | :00:14. | :00:17. | |
following Monday night's storm. Tonbridge and Yalding were | :00:18. | :00:20. | |
particularly badly hit and today some of Maidstone Town Centre has | :00:21. | :00:24. | |
been under water. Simon Jonds joins us from there now. Simon? How is it | :00:25. | :00:32. | |
looking? The river is still very high here | :00:33. | :00:33. | |
tonight. The Environment Agdncy is tonight. The Environment Agency is | :00:34. | :00:38. | |
warning potentially overnight we will see another inch of rain. That | :00:39. | :00:41. | |
could lead to flooding of the type we saw a couple of days ago as the | :00:42. | :00:47. | |
water reaches the same level. That ruined Christmas for many people. | :00:48. | :00:50. | |
ruined Christmas for many pdople. Counting the cost of the torrential | :00:51. | :00:53. | |
downpour. In Yalding, firefighters downpour. In Yalding, firefhghters | :00:54. | :00:55. | |
had to use boats to rescue 50 downpour. In Yalding, firefighters | :00:56. | :00:57. | |
had to use boats to rescue 40 people had to use boats to rescue 50 people | :00:58. | :00:57. | |
from their homes on Christm`s had to use boats to rescue 40 people | :00:58. | :00:59. | |
from their homes on Christmas Day. That was scary. I came out `nd was | :01:00. | :01:03. | |
That was scary. I came out and was walking over and it was high but not | :01:04. | :01:06. | |
too high but why the time got back to the house, maybe one hour later, | :01:07. | :01:10. | |
it was coming in through thd it was coming in through the | :01:11. | :01:13. | |
conservatory, through the door. It was coming from the ground and | :01:14. | :01:15. | |
was coming from the ground `nd coming up. It was just coming in so | :01:16. | :01:22. | |
quickly. In Maidstone, some businesses were unable to stop the | :01:23. | :01:27. | |
advance of the rising water. The sun is out today but the warning is more | :01:28. | :01:31. | |
bad weather is on the way. Here they are bringing sandbags to try to | :01:32. | :01:35. | |
protect this restaurant as best they can. In reality, it is too little | :01:36. | :01:38. | |
too late because there is already water in the cellar and it has also | :01:39. | :01:44. | |
destroyed much of the marqude. water in the cellar and it has also | :01:45. | :01:45. | |
destroyed much of the marquee. It is destroyed much of the marquee. It is | :01:46. | :01:55. | |
depressing. This road is now impassable. We are expecting another | :01:56. | :02:00. | |
inch of rain, 25 millimetres of rain tonight so the river level will rise | :02:01. | :02:05. | |
again and we will see more flooding. Beneath this water is a | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
sunken boat. One driver who risk this road was soon regretting the | :02:10. | :02:17. | |
decision. Boxing Day in Maidstone will be remembered by many for all | :02:18. | :02:23. | |
of the wrong reasons. 700 homes in Kent have been flooded | :02:24. | :02:27. | |
already and another 300 are thought to be at risk if the rain does | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
arrive as predicted and in the last hour, South East trains havd said | :02:32. | :02:40. | |
they will be unlikely to run any trains before midday tomorrow. | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
Meanwhile, the power cut has led to sewage pouring into gardens in one | :02:45. | :02:47. | |
Kent village. Residents say their Christmas has been ruined. Nicola | :02:48. | :02:49. | |
Haseler reports. They were prepared for flooding but | :02:50. | :02:54. | |
not raw sewage. It is that sludgy staff. This is also rich. We | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
not raw sewage. It is that sludgy staff. This is also rich. Wd have | :02:59. | :03:00. | |
sandbags but the whole thing was right up to just below the step and | :03:01. | :03:05. | |
lapping onto the top step. When an electricity cable came down on | :03:06. | :03:06. | |
Monday, it to about the powdr Monday, it to about the powdr | :03:07. | :03:14. | |
supplies for the sewage plant. There was a loud bang and the power | :03:15. | :03:16. | |
supplies for the sewage plant. There was a loud bang and the powdr went | :03:17. | :03:16. | |
was a loud bang and the power went off. Are you the elegance the board? | :03:17. | :03:21. | |
It was coming over the drivd as off. Are you the elegance the board? | :03:22. | :03:22. | |
It was coming over the drive as well It was coming over the drive as well | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
so all of this was wet with sewage and we have children and you have to | :03:27. | :03:28. | |
walk through it. The only w`y to try walk through it. The only way to try | :03:29. | :03:32. | |
and clear all of this sewagd walk through it. The only w`y to try | :03:33. | :03:33. | |
and clear all of this sewage in walk through it. The only way to try | :03:34. | :03:33. | |
and clear all of this sewagd in the and clear all of this sewage in the | :03:34. | :03:35. | |
street is for these tankers to come every two hours, two at a time | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
street is for these tankers to come every two hours, two at a thme and | :03:40. | :03:40. | |
every two hours, two at a time and try and cleared away. It is the | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
problem with the sewage that is a concern. We could end up with sewage | :03:45. | :03:47. | |
coming into the house. Therd has coming into the house. There has | :03:48. | :03:51. | |
been no information yet as to when the power will return. | :03:52. | :03:56. | |
Football now and not a great afternoon for our teams. | :03:57. | :04:00. | |
In the Championship, Charlton beat Brighton 3`2 at the Valley. In | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
League One, Gillingham lost 2`1 to Leyton Orient and Crawley wdnt down | :04:04. | :04:04. | |
Leyton Orient and Crawley went down 2`0 to visitors MK Dons and had a | :04:05. | :04:06. | |
man sent off. 2`0 to visitors MK Dons and | :04:07. | :04:12. | |
Now look at the weather. Good evening. I'm afraid is a bad | :04:13. | :04:18. | |
end to Boxing Day. The Met office have a yellow warning in place for | :04:19. | :04:21. | |
rain. That is for parts of Kent and Sussex from midnight tonight until | :04:22. | :04:28. | |
9pm tomorrow. We are 20 millilitres of rainfall by tomorrow and perhaps | :04:29. | :04:33. | |
30 millimetres more locally. We have to be prepared for localised | :04:34. | :04:39. | |
flooding on saturated ground and also disruption to travel. There | :04:40. | :04:42. | |
will be dust of up to 60 mph along the coast and 40 mph inland. | :04:43. | :04:47. | |
Tomorrow morning, if you're going back to work, the commute whll | :04:48. | :04:50. | |
Tomorrow morning, if you're going back to work, the commute will be a | :04:51. | :04:52. | |
tricky one. That starts to leave us and we should start to see the end | :04:53. | :05:02. | |
of it by lunchtime. It will be a blustery day. The following two days | :05:03. | :05:07. | |
are looking fairly settled, so some relief after the storm. | :05:08. | :05:13. | |
That is all from me for now. I'll be back this evening. Goodbye. | :05:14. | :05:18. |