:00:10. > :00:14.Good evening. Passengers face days of severe disruption on the South
:00:14. > :00:17.West's rail network after flooding caused by heavy rain. Network Rail
:00:17. > :00:21.says the main line near Exeter won't reopen until the weekend at
:00:21. > :00:24.the earliest. It's also been a difficult day on the region's roads
:00:24. > :00:34.following two serious crashes which have blocked the A30 for hours at
:00:34. > :00:36.
:00:36. > :00:40.Honiton in Devon and Scorrier in Train stations have come to
:00:40. > :00:47.resemble coach stations in parts of the south-west as passengers face
:00:47. > :00:52.more disruption because of flooding. And at this, Christmas time. Would
:00:52. > :00:58.not be too bad if it was just from home to the train station, but if
:00:58. > :01:05.it is a coach and a bus, quite a long time! And my Catt in Tote!
:01:05. > :01:09.Berry hard work when she is in the eye all the time. It is tough. But
:01:09. > :01:14.I expected it to happen, in you still have to get home at the end
:01:14. > :01:19.of the day for Christmas. Pretty hectic. I was going to London
:01:19. > :01:24.Paddington, now will be going to water looked so spend Christmas
:01:24. > :01:30.with my son, daughter-in-law grandson. There are region's main
:01:30. > :01:37.rail line remains closed in Exeter. These booms can only be removed
:01:37. > :01:40.when the risk of flooding has eased. And then the track has to be shored
:01:40. > :01:44.up. Network Rail tells us that means that the line he will not
:01:44. > :01:51.reopen until Friday at the earliest. And the problems on the trains had
:01:51. > :01:55.been made worse by a landslide on the track. It is Christmas Eve, the
:01:55. > :02:00.numbers are quite small today, most people appear to have done their
:02:00. > :02:04.long-distance journeys over the weekend. We will look after the
:02:04. > :02:09.rest of the customers that come through. Many roads are passable
:02:10. > :02:13.only with care or a blocked by landslides or floods. The advice
:02:13. > :02:18.remains to travel only if necessary. The Environment Agency currently
:02:18. > :02:20.has 31 flood warnings and 57 flood alerts in place across the region.
:02:20. > :02:24.People in many flood-affected areas, including Braunton and Lostwithiel,
:02:24. > :02:29.are still struggling to cope with the effects of the bad weather over
:02:29. > :02:33.the weekend. One family in South Devon are clearing up after a
:02:33. > :02:37.landslip at their home in Ermington near Ivybridge. The Rogers family
:02:37. > :02:47.were woken by the sound of mud and water as it swept away vehicles and
:02:47. > :02:49.
:02:49. > :02:51.destroyed outbuildings. Saturday morning, at 7:45am, my
:02:51. > :02:57.daughter woke me up, saying there was a massive landslide coming down
:02:57. > :03:04.the yard. Ran downstairs only to see my truck been driven down the
:03:04. > :03:08.road by the mud and landslide. Consequently, we had approximately
:03:08. > :03:11.300 tons of soil, trees, roots and a yard.
:03:11. > :03:14.In other news, the chief executive of Cornwall Council is leaving his
:03:14. > :03:17.job to take up a post in New Zealand. Kevin Lavery will take
:03:17. > :03:27.charge of Wellington City Council from March. The job carries a
:03:27. > :03:34.
:03:34. > :03:41.It has been a wet run-up to Christmas. The rain has not helped
:03:41. > :03:46.in this morning I the. We will seek some drier and brighter weather as
:03:46. > :03:51.we head through Christmas Day. The weather fronts are clearing the way.
:03:51. > :03:56.They are followed by a few showers, but for this evening, some dry
:03:56. > :04:02.weather around. A few showers been blown in. A few clear spells for a
:04:02. > :04:07.time further east, but the showers become more frequent. Heavy bursts
:04:07. > :04:13.in there as well and it is good hail and thunder. In the south-west,
:04:13. > :04:18.the winds pick up. 6-9 Celsius the minimum temperature. On Christmas
:04:18. > :04:24.Day, we will keep some of these showers, especially in the morning.
:04:24. > :04:29.The downpours come within weather warning as well. There will be some
:04:29. > :04:37.drier weather as well. The chance of a few brighter spells.
:04:37. > :04:41.Temperatures up to 10 at Celsius. For Boxing Day, it looks a fine to
:04:41. > :04:45.start the day, but further rain comes in from the West on a
:04:45. > :04:48.Thursday and Friday, still unsettled.
:04:48. > :04:51.Every night last week, we ended the programme with Christmas music
:04:51. > :04:54.recorded at The Great Barn near Exeter. Now, on Christmas Eve, we
:04:54. > :04:59.leave you with one of the most traditional carols of all, Away in