Flooding and fallen trees cause disruption

Wannock Road in Polegate was blocked by a fallen tree

Stormy weather has caused flooding, fallen trees and disruption for some commuters across the South East.

A Met Office warning for rain, which covers much of England, including Surrey and Sussex, is in place until 10:00 GMT on Tuesday.

A yellow weather warning for wind is also in place until 06:00 on Tuesday, which also includes Kent.

The Environment Agency has issued 22 flood alerts across the region.

There have been some delays across Southeastern, Southern and Great Western Railway services.

The B2036 London Road in Crawley is closed in both directions because of a fallen tree.

Fallen trees had also blocked the A264 Horsham Road in Five Oaks and the A281 Brighton Road, both in Surrey, but they have since been cleared.

In Tolworth, one lane was blocked on the A3 heading south at Tolworth Junction, because of flooding.

Services were at a standstill on the Great Western Railway between Guildford and Reading because of fallen tree blocking the line.

Southeastern said a tree was blocking the line between Faversham and Dover, but it was removed and the line reopened.

'Wet and windy'

A tree had also blocked the line between Tunbridge Wells and Frant, but that was also removed and services are running as normal.

There have been cancellations on Southern services between Uckfield and Oxted because of a tree on the line at Buxted, but this has now been cleared.

A tree on the line between Guildford and Farnham brought services to a standstill but this has now been cleared and all lines have reopened.

Marco Petagna, Met Office meteorologist, said the weather will be "unsettled" in the next few days.

He added: "We're getting successive spells of wet and windy weather, which is obviously adding to impacts."