Sussex World News Bulletin for Monday, October 30 2023

Sussex World's Mark Dunford brings you all the latest news including the chaos caused by the extreme weather

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00:00 Hi, I'm Mark Dunford and I'm here with today's Sussex World Daily Bulletin on Monday, October

00:06 30th, 2023.

00:09 Southern England and Wales are poised for heavy rain and flooding over the next few

00:11 days ahead of the arrival of Storm Ciaran later this week.

00:16 Storm Ciaran is set to bring strong winds and heavy rain to southern parts of the UK

00:19 when it arrives on Wednesday night and Thursday, according to the Met Office.

00:23 It comes after a number of areas in the UK faced extreme weather over the weekend including

00:28 Hastings, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton.

00:32 Littlehampton residents have spoken out after many woke up on Sunday morning to find their

00:35 gardens devastated by this weekend's extreme weather.

00:39 Returning home yesterday evening after the cancellation of the town's annual bonfire

00:44 night, Littlehampton resident Sam Rowley found his garden had been devastated by the strong

00:49 winds and heavy rains.

00:51 Alongside damaged furniture and knocked over bins which he had expended, the garden boundary

00:55 wall was almost completely destroyed by the weather and he says many of his neighbours

00:59 have suffered similarly.

01:02 Hastings Council leader Paul Barnett has made a statement that there was no further flooding

01:06 in the town centre overnight on Saturday Sunday despite fears and with an Amber Weather Warning

01:13 in place.

01:14 Priory Meadow Shopping Centre was closed off along with other areas of the town centre

01:18 and homes evacuated after flooding hit again.

01:21 The fire service were pumping water as it gushed from drains in South Terrace and the

01:27 shopping centre itself.

01:28 The delivery area of Priory Meadow looked to be underwater.

01:32 Some shops in Priory Meadow such as HMV have only been open for a few months after undergoing

01:36 major refits following flooding in January.

01:40 Photos sent to Sussex World show emergency services on the scene after the wind tore

01:45 the roof off the top of one of the property in Wick near Littlehampton.

01:49 The images come as the Tornado and Storm Research Organisation, TORO, confirms what many residents

01:55 already knew that a small tornado ripped through the town on Saturday.

02:00 The page suggests the tornado took place from approximately 6.50pm to 7.05pm and that there

02:05 had been several complaints of wind damage throughout the town.

02:09 You can read more about this story and keep up to date with all the latest weather in

02:12 Sussex on sussexworld.co.uk

02:15 (laughs)