26 December 2013
Last updated at 21:28 GMT
Britain braced for more storms
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The Environment Agency is concerned about further flooding on the Medway in Kent
More gales and heavy rain are set to hit the UK as the Environment Agency warns of further significant disruption from floods in southern England.Many rivers remain swollen after storm damage caused power cuts and travel delays. More than 50 flood warnings are in place for England and Wales.
About 1,200 homes in south-east and south-west England have been flooded.
Some 9,000 properties are still without power. Engineers say some may not be reconnected until the end of the week.
UK Energy Networks said more customers had been connected on Thursday, as 24,000 had been without power first thing.
The Energy Networks Association said problems remained for engineers working in heavily flooded parts of Kent, Sussex and Surrey.Andy Moore reports: ''Seventy six people were evacuated from a caravan park in Yalding in Kent''
Spokesman Tim Field said: "The nature of the work the engineers are having to do, the severity of the damage caused by the storm, also some very challenging conditions such as flooded roads and roads blocked by debris has made repairs much more difficult."
Meanwhile The Civil Aviation Authority said it expected Gatwick Airport to investigate the circumstances that left thousands of passengers stranded before Christmas.
Flights were delayed and cancelled on Christmas Eve after a power failure in the North Terminal, which the airport says was caused by flooding.
A Gatwick spokeswoman said the weather had been "unprecedented".
And with more storms forecast overnight she added: "We are telling passengers to check with their airline in advance."
The rising waters reached Sainsbury's supermarket in Tonbridge
Some 20 homes in the village of Calstock, Cornwall are without road access after sections of Lower Kelly collapsed
Shots from the Redhill Police and Air Ambulance revealed the extent of the flooding on the Medway
Wateringbury was one of the Maidstone villages deluged
Farming minister George Eustice told BBC News flood defence measures had protected 80,000 homes that would otherwise have been affected and confirmed there was funding available to reimburse local authorities for "one-off costs of floods like these".People and pets had to leave their homes in Yalding, Kent - one of the worst affected areas
He added: "We've had response teams following this daily and around the clock and we'll continue to do so with more rain forecast."
The Met Office is warning of another storm coming in from the Atlantic which is expected to hit the UK on Thursday night into Friday.
Forecaster Helen Roberts said it would get "increasingly windy overnight", with severe gales likely on the west coast.The new storm would "almost certainly will have some impact" on people's plans, she added, warning it will "exacerbate problems" in the South and South East.
BBC Weather said there was the potential for disruption, especially where ground was already saturated and in areas where high winds were combined with heavy rainfall.
It said the area of low pressure expected to bring the next band of weather was not expected to be as deep as Monday's, which was one of the lowest pressures recorded on land in more than 120 years.
Gatwick warning The Environment Agency is warning of ongoing disruption on the River Medway and the Kentish Stour around Ashford and Canterbury.
Flooding across the Somerset Levels, River Severn, River Thames and River Ouse in Cambridgeshire and rivers across Essex is expected, the agency said.
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