THE storm may have now passed but many in East Surrey will be waking up to severe disruption this morning.
Many roads, including motorways are flooded, dozens of trees have come down onto roads and trainlines and plans for those expecting to make the big Christmas getaway this morning are in chaos.
Surrey Police are reporting 120 trees down across the county. At Gatwick Airport, a major power outage in the North Terminal is causing delays and cancellations.
There are reports of dozens of roads underwater across East Surrey, including in Dorking, Redhill, Reigate, and key trunk roads including the M25, A23, A25 and A217.
Road and Rail updates:
There are no Southern trains running at all
No trains in or out of Gatwick
South West Trains will not run until after 10am
The A25 is blocked in Bletchingley due to a fallen tree and flooding
The A25 is blocked in Westcott due to a fallen tree and flooding
Flooding on the A23 in Salfords
M25: flooding anticlockwise between J10, A3 (Wisley Interchange) and J9, A243 (Leatherhead); one lane closed clockwise at J8, A217 (Reigate), because of flooding.
Flooding on A217 Brighton Road in Lower Kingswood around the Smithy Lane junction
Tree down and flooding on London Road, Merstham
Flooding on A22 Godstone Road in both directions in Caterham between Wapses Lodge Roundabout and the B2030 Godstone Road junction
Subway at Earlswood station is flooded to 2-feet deep
Large tree blocking both lanes of Reigate Hill northbound
Earlier, both the M23 and M25 were closed in parts due to flooding.
The strongest winds recorded overnight were 62 mph at Gatwick and 47mph in Reigate.
But widespread flooding due to constant heavy rain falling on saturated grounds yesterday has overwhelmed drains. Dozens of flood warnings are in place across the South East, with the River Mole among those swollen by torrential rain. The water levels on rivers have not yet peaked, so more flooding could follow.
The storm has now passed and the weather will remain calm over the Christmas holiday with heavy rain set to return on Friday.
Updates to follow.
