Impact of storm still being felt in South East

The train line near Oxted was closed on Monday morning due to a tree obstructing the line

The impact of Storm Darragh is still being felt across the south east of England with one train line closed earlier due to a tree obstructing the tracks.

The storm, which swept across much of the UK on Saturday and Sunday, brought high winds and rain to Kent, Sussex and Surrey.

On Monday, there were flood alerts in place for the Western Rother, River Adur, Cuckmere River, Combe Haven, River Rother, River Beult, and the upper River Stour.

Power has been restored to hundreds of homes around Arundel which suffered an outage on Saturday.

Alec Perring, from Arundel, told BBC Radio Sussex his power went off at about 17:00 GMT on Saturday.

Power has since been restored to homes around the town, and Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks said extra workers had been brought in to fix the faults and remove fallen trees.

A spokesperson said the company had restored supplies to about 77,000 customers since Storm Darragh.

Mr Perring said he had to sit in the dark "with no entertainment" but luckily had a gas hob so was able to make himself hot drinks.

Alec Perring was left without power on Saturday

Meanwhile, a train line near Oxted in Surrey, which had been closed due to a tree obstructing the line, reopened at about 11:00.

No trains had been able to run between East Grinstead and Uckfield.

Southern said it had arranged replacement buses and for tickets to be accepted with other rail operators.

A large cedar tree was bought down in Selsey, West Sussex, on Saturday

In Selsey, West Sussex, on Saturday, a large cedar tree was bought down outside St Peter's Church.

West Sussex Highways said it had attended more than 120 emergencies over the weekend.

The church warden told BBC Radio Sussex the tree was more than 100 years old and everyone in the village was sad to see it go.

She said there was a also a small amount of damage to a wall surrounding the church but nobody was injured.

"Sunday proceedings still went ahead," she added.