Railways blocked and roads flooded by storm

Flooding on the railway line between Tonbridge and Redhill

Railway lines are blocked and vehicles have been abandoned due to flooding as Storm Conall continues to cause disruption across the South East.

A yellow weather warning for rain was in place overnight until midday on Wednesday.

The Met Office warned that homes and businesses could flood as roughly 50mm of rain falls in 14 hours.

People travelling in the region on Wednesday have been urged to allow extra time to complete their journeys.

All railway lines between Tonbridge, in Kent, and Redhill, in Surrey, are blocked because of heavy rains flooding the tracks.

It means Nutfield, Godstone, Edenbridge, Penshurst and Leigh have no service. Train tickets are being accepted on local Metrobuses instead.

Delays are expected to continue "throughout the afternoon/evening", said Southern.

It warned services that are running are expected to be "much busier than normal".

There are no services currently running between Oxted and Uckfield due to additional flooding.

The line between Guildford and Ash is also blocked because of flooding at Wanborough. It means all services between Guildford and Farnham have been cancelled.

Elsewhere, all Gatwick Express services have been suspended and Thameslink passengers have been advised not to travel until later today due to widespread delays.

Fish Lane, in Bognor Regis, is underwater

On the roads, three lanes on the M25, anti-clockwise, at Staines were closed because of a large pothole.

Meanwhile, Warninglid Lane in West Sussex is closed in both directions due to flooding.

It was earlier described as "impassable" for motorists after vehicles were abandoned due to flooding.

Vowels Lane in Selsfield Common is blocked in both directions between Selsfield Road and Turners Hill Road, also because of flooding.

Vehicles are also stranded in Clayhall Lane, Reigate, while Saltbox Hill and Jail Lane in Biggin Hill are also flooded.

Worthing Road, in Horsham is closed in both directions due to flooding from The Boars Head, to Hop Oast park and ride roundabout.

There is standing water on many roads around Guildford with flood alerts in place at several rivers

There were 93 flood warnings and more than 128 flood alerts in place across the UK on Tuesday evening.

On Wednesday afternoon there were 21 flood alerts in Surrey, 15 in Kent, 15 in West Sussex and 13 in East Sussex.

People living near West Brook in Emsworth were issued a flood warning, but the Environment Agency said water levels are now falling following heavy rain over night on Tuesday and on Wednesday morning.

Flood warnings have been issued for Barcombe, East Sussex, Mock Bridge near Shermanbury in West Sussex and around Haxted Road, in Surrey.

DFDS said ferry services were experiencing delays of up to one hour to Dunkerque and Calais, due to high winds.

Winds will drop off as the day continues, with gusts of up to 36mph (57.9kmh) at 09:00 GMT reducing roughly 13mph (20.9kmh) by tonight.