:00:08. > :00:09.Good evening. More severe wdather is the BBC News channel. We are back
:00:10. > :00:13.Good evening. More severe wdather is forecast to hit the South E`st over
:00:14. > :00:16.the next 24 hours, with coastguards warning of the dangers to pdople
:00:17. > :00:20.wanting to see the dramatic weather for themselves on cliffs and
:00:21. > :00:26.beaches. Tonight, there are 11 flood warnings in Kent and Sussex. John
:00:27. > :00:29.Young reports. Four o'clock in Eastbourne this
:00:30. > :00:33.afternoon and the sorts of scenes that make coastguards anxiots. As
:00:34. > :00:39.the rain subsides and the force of the winds and waves take centre
:00:40. > :00:43.stage. The winds have been picking up all afternoon and are expected to
:00:44. > :00:47.get much stronger through the night and into tomorrow. It may look like
:00:48. > :00:49.a great chance to go for a stroll but that is what worries
:00:50. > :00:54.coastguards, especially when this sort of weather happens at weekends.
:00:55. > :00:58.Dylan Alkins was swept out to sea on a Sunday afternoon in Newhaven. He
:00:59. > :01:02.was 14 years old. Seven weeks later, a woman in her late 30s drowned
:01:03. > :01:07.after a Friday night out in Brighton. It seems she had run into
:01:08. > :01:10.the waves after a few drinks. Particularly it is people coming
:01:11. > :01:14.down looking to take an exchting photograph or playing a dard with
:01:15. > :01:20.some waves breaking. It can quickly overwhelm someone and take them out
:01:21. > :01:23.to sea. Further inland, the challenges
:01:24. > :01:27.remain. This was Canterbury city centre this morning, this is the
:01:28. > :01:30.remains of a car in Tunbridge Wells. More heavy rain is expected
:01:31. > :01:34.tomorrow. A vehicle takes twice as long to
:01:35. > :01:38.stop in rain and we would encourage people to slow down and heed the
:01:39. > :01:42.conditions. If it is diffictlt to see because of rain or sprax then
:01:43. > :01:45.slow down. On the road or on the coast, the
:01:46. > :01:51.message tonight from the experts, keep your distance.
:01:52. > :01:55.Meanwhile, angry farmers on the Romney Marsh claim that not enough
:01:56. > :01:57.is being done to maintain the area during this period of heavy
:01:58. > :02:02.rainfall, with some complaining of ruined crops, waterlogged fhelds and
:02:03. > :02:12.clogged waterways. Ian Palmdr reports.
:02:13. > :02:17.He's a farmer not enjoying his work. He says much of his wheat crop has
:02:18. > :02:21.been underwater since December last year. He blames the Environlent
:02:22. > :02:26.Agency for not maintaining the water courses on Romney Marsh. I think
:02:27. > :02:30.there could be a case for using the money better than they do.
:02:31. > :02:35.Internet has got to be high priority. We've got a good system in
:02:36. > :02:41.place, it just needs maintahning. Farmers say that reedbeds h`ven t
:02:42. > :02:50.been cut back and waterways haven't been dredged.
:02:51. > :02:58.The Environment Agency says it be silted several areas. It has a
:02:59. > :03:07.five`year plan for the Romndy marshes which it will sit share with
:03:08. > :03:12.farmers over the coming week. You discover one of the two machines
:03:13. > :03:18.here isn't working. The Envhronment Agency says it will meet farmers and
:03:19. > :03:23.their representatives as soon as the weather improves.
:03:24. > :03:26.The Southeastern train servhce between Battle and Robertsbridge is
:03:27. > :03:29.not expected to resume until the last week of February. The line was
:03:30. > :03:32.closed following two landslhps due to the recent bad weather.
:03:33. > :03:36.Replacement bus services ard currently running to replacd trains
:03:37. > :03:40.between the two stations. Ndtwork Rail say they are bringing hn 1 ,000
:03:41. > :03:43.tonnes of stone to rebuild the embankment at Whatlington Vhaduct,
:03:44. > :03:46.one of the landslip sites. Football and Brighton kept tp their
:03:47. > :03:50.play`off push with victory over struggling Doncaster but Ch`rlton
:03:51. > :03:57.lost 2`0 at home to Birmingham. And in League One, Gillingham bdat
:03:58. > :04:03.Carlisle 2`1. Let's get the weather.
:04:04. > :04:12.I'm afraid we have another wet and windy nights to come and thdre is
:04:13. > :04:17.still a wet of `` Met Officd yellow warning in place. That is until six
:04:18. > :04:23.o'clock in the morning. Showers pushing north eastwards and gusty
:04:24. > :04:32.south`westerly winds as well. It made peak at 70 mph on the
:04:33. > :04:40.coastline. Not a very pleas`nt night tonight. Tomorrow is not too
:04:41. > :04:48.dissimilar to today. More showers pushing through, heavy at thmes
:04:49. > :04:57.Still a strong south`westerly wind. On Monday morning ice may bd an
:04:58. > :05:02.issue. And of course the ground is saturated. On Tuesday there is an
:05:03. > :05:05.early yellow warning in place for rain again. Have a very good night.
:05:06. > :05:16.Goodbye. Good evening. Unfortunately I don't
:05:17. > :05:20.have much good news in this forecast. There may be a brief
:05:21. > :05:23.respite later tomorrow with the wind and the rain but it will not be long
:05:24. > :05:28.enough and we have today's storm withers, pounding many coastlines in
:05:29. > :05:32.the south and west, hence the Amber wind warning from the Met Office. It
:05:33. > :05:36.is a windy day across the board and it is not just the wind that is a
:05:37. > :05:40.concern. It is causing high waves, damaging winds, but there is more
:05:41. > :05:44.shower activity, hail, thunder and snow in the north and the potential
:05:45. > :05:48.for another 10-20 millimetres of rain in parts of Wales, the
:05:49. > :05:53.south-west, perhaps some persistent showers in the south-east, coupled
:05:54. > :05:56.with those rather lively wins. They hold the temp Richard tonight but
:05:57. > :06:01.there could be ice in Scotland, given that we have wintry showers
:06:02. > :06:06.Wash they hold the temperatures up to. Here is the respite. The shower
:06:07. > :06:10.frequency edges down in the afternoon and the winds was well to
:06:11. > :06:15.slightly drier, brighter Sunday afternoon. But it is only a
:06:16. > :06:16.temporary dry spell. Tomorrow evening and