the footage has been shared with the bbc by a resident in the parish of st clement and as you can see shows the destruction left in ciaran�*s wake. sharon mackie marquer says she stepped outside her home to see that her garden wall and fence had blown down and tiles had been stripped from her roof. we've been seeing reports from across the island of windows being smashed and roof damaged by the winds which gusted over 100 miles per hour. earlier i spoke to andrew gilham, the national operations manager at the environment agency, about the picture across the uk. it's quite a wet and wild morning out there, as you've been discussing with your viewers. certainly, the winds have been the focus, think, for much of the news and the damage that we've seen.

our priority has been, our concern has been, the rain that has fallen with that wind. we saw a lot of rainfall over the last few weeks, which resulted in a lot of flooding, and as a result the ground is saturated and so any rain that is falling now will fall through the day, will run off quite quickly and flow into the already swollen rivers. currently, we have 68 flood warnings in force across the country and a further 174 flood alerts, which means that flooding is possible. i would urge anybody who is thinking of going out and about to listen to the advice of other emergency services and the coastguard near the sea, and seriously consider your own safety. certainly when you are driving, we would expect to see quite a lot of surface water flooding. driving through flood water has its own risks and i would discourage anyone from doing that.

if the water is deeper than about a foot, cars can start to float. you cannot see what is below floodwater. you cannot see how deep it is. please don't drive through floodwater. and even for pedestrians, floodwater has its own hazards. you cannot see ditches, you cannot see drops, that you would ordinarily see and manhole covers can get removed. just by the pressure of the water. please take extreme care if you are out and about. our teams in the environment agency have been monitoring the situation around the clock for the last few weeks. we will issue more flood warnings as we need to. throughout the day. and as we see high tides coming in along the south coast and the east coast through the day, we do expect to see large waves on the coastline and whilst our teams have been out repairing our assets and looking after them to make sure they are ready for the storms,

they have had quite a sustained period of attack from the weather. we are doing our bit. and we are encouraging the communities to do their bit as well. we did have quite a bit of warning of this, didn't we? we did, the met office have been forecasting bad weather and that enabled us to plan not only internally but also with our colleagues across the emergency services and local authorities and as a result of that, i think we are in a good place our teams are out, keeping the rivers as clear as we can, making sure all of our flood defence structures are operating as well as they can. clearly, with strong winds, you do see debris, trees coming down, branches falling off and ending up in rivers, those can increase the risk of flooding as a result of blockages. and again, if anybody is out and about and sees a blockage, then please report it and we will do our best to remove it when we can,

when it is safe to do so. but also, anyone who is concerned about the risk of flooding can check on the internet, on gov.uk, whether as lots of very useful information about what to do, before, during and after a flood event, you can also get the latest on our flood warnings on there as well. if you don't have access to the internet then you can call the floodline number, which is 0345 9881188. we will continue to monitor the weather and impact as a result of the rainfalls and we will issue any further flood warnings as we need to throughout the day. the drainage system is so important. how prepared is the uk in general or weather events like this, which are all too often these days?

an awful lot of work goes in, nboth the short, medium and long—term to make sure that as nation across england, we are on top of managing flood risk as best we can for we have to prioritise our investment to those communities where flood risk is greatest, but it is not something that the environment agency can do alone. we very much work in partnership with communities and other public sector organisations because it is notjust about building flood defences or maintaining flood defences, it is about warning and informing communities, helping make correct longer term decisions and that is why we have a long—term flood risk strategy in place for the country, which very much the work we are doing today is fitting within. what about the driving conditions at the moment? you were talking about the surface water that there is. people are still going to go out, there will still be people taking to their cars today, if they have to.

is there any advice you can give people about the best way to cope in these conditions? i think from what other organisations have been saying this morning, if you don't need to go out today, especially during the strongest period of winds, which will obviously vary depending where you are in the country, then don't because flying debris can be hazardous. like all good drivers, i would recommend slowing down. when road conditions are wet, at this time of year, leaves on the road, stopping distances are greater, so just ease off a little bit. if you don't need to go out, don't go out. plan yourjourney, check with local radio, check on the internet and take your time and plan for the worst and hope for the best. that is the advice from the environment agency. let's bring you some pictures of the destruction from storm ciaran. we've been hearing how trees acrossjersey have been

brought down in the storm. we've had this video sent to us by darren willoughby on the island. it really gives you a sense ofjust how strong the winds were as a number of large trees have all been brought down in the one road. earlier i spoke to erik rueb, a farmer who has been out this morning trying to clear roads blocked by trees. he told us about his experience of the storm. it was particularly horrendous around midnight. massive hailstones hit this, or else a small tornado passing through and hailstones the size of golf balls and bigger hit this, so a lot of glass breakage and what have you. the main storm hit sort of starting at four o'clock in the morning, when the speed really ramped up and a lot of damage done, lots of trees down, houses damaged, roofs damaged, etc. do you have animals on your farm as well? we don't, we've gotjust horses

and dogs and that kind of thing. we are potato growers, so this just damage the trees and hedges and that kind of thing. so you've been out trying to clear the roads, have you? talk us through what it was like when you sort of emerged from your house this morning and went out onto the roads? well, the roads, you could only zigzag between all the branches and fallen down trees. you know, a lot of turn backs where you can't get through. but we are getting on with the job, we're just having a bit of a break at the moment inside. and then we are heading out again to clear more trees, so we've got a jcb on the go and people with chainsaws. so, yeah, there's a lot to do. what about any flooding? yeah, there's a lot of flooding as well, the drains getting blocked with all the debris that's on the roads. so there's a lot of flooding, a lot of roads are impassable because of the flooding. but slowly, the emergency services are on the go and the police

and farmers and tree surgeons and we are all pulling together to make things happen again. generally, are people staying at home, are they listening to these warnings that they are not meant to be going out? yes, everybody has taken heed, it is too dangerous to be out and about and to be honest, the roads are so bad that you can't go very far anyway, there's so many trees down. it's best to stay at home and stay safe for now. obviously, you are a farmer and you are having to get involved in this effort. how well prepared isjersey for something like this? well, we've had it before in 1987. so we know what it's like and living on an island in the middle of the ocean, you tend to get a lot of wind and storms and what have you. so we are sort of prepared for it but this is quite extreme, what we are having at the moment. we've never seen anything quite as bad as that. �*87 was bad, but this one

is particularly bad, yeah. and that man has been helping in the clearer, so many trees that have come down across the road injersey. let's bring you some live pictures now — this is west bay in dorset. the waves have been crashing down onto the beach and obviously the water is much affected. but the situation in dorset on the south—west coast, huge waves crashing down onto the seafront. and of course there are weather warnings still in place for wind across southern england. if you want to get all the latest storm ciaran, you can find much more

our website. all the updates, focus and pictures from our weather watchers and much more. now it's time for a look at the weather with elizabeth rizzini. hello there, good afternoon. damage and destruction caused by storm ciaran tracking eastwards across the southern half of the uk, dangerously large waves in many exposed coastal areas, and some very strong gusts of wind as well. the wind gusts have now eased, but we recorded 93 mph gusts injersey airport, 78 mph gusts at dover in kent. the winds will ease as we head through the rest of today. that storm pulls out into the north sea. but still some gusts of around 60 to 65 mph possible for exposed coastal areas, especially towards the east. bands of showers and heavy rain swirling around that very deep area of low pressure, as it gradually tracks its way further northwards and eastwards. so the winds easing towards the west but still very strong for the next couple of hours. we are going to see more heavy rain,

another a0 to 60 millimetres perhaps, over the higher ground, the pennines. some more rain for eastern scotland, where we have seen the recent flooding, bands of showers again further south. northern ireland, western scotland, not seeing too bad a day. there will even be some sunshine here with temperatures peaking between ten and i2, 13 degrees celsius. still strong winds overnight tonight, across north—east england and eastern scotland. further showers here but gradually, as that low pulls away, the showers are expected to appear across england and parts of wales as well there will even be some clear spells. temperatures generally low to high single figures. as we head through friday, our area of low pressure is out into the north sea, but we can see the next one approaching from the south and the west. friday is a calmer looking day of weather. we have still got this low out in the north sea. further showers expected for much of eastern scotland and western scotland largely dry. further showers push across much of wales and into the south—west of england again.

still a fairly brisk wind blowing behind the area of low pressure. temperatures between 12 and 13 celsius. it is not too long until we see the next low sweeping in from the south—west. that is going to push in as we head through saturday and will affect mostly southern areas of the uk yet again. there are localised weather warnings in force for heavy rain across the south of england, also affecting wales. further north, across northern england, and northern ireland, a little bit of dry weather. we could again see some rain in north—eastern areas of scotland. goodbye.

have really live from london. this is bbc news. storm ciaran batters the channel islands and southern england, bringing strong winds and heavy rain.

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