Laurie61

They, the 24 hr news programs, also seem to reduce news gathering after about 9 pm and just rely on regurgitating what's in the papers, even though the papers are printing what's been on the 24 hr news channels during the day !!!

FAR FROM OVER'2347: Geoff Brighty, of the Environment Agency, tells BBC Look East the storm is "far from over". "We will see the surge go along the coast into Essex over the next three or four hours," he says.

LOWESTOFT 'CUT OFF'2319: BBC Radio Suffolk reporter Guy Campbell says flood water in Lowestoft has left some people "effectively cut off". "Where the new Joseph Conrad pub is is completely flooded - no-one can go there at all," he said. "The water is streaming up the High Street. "With the Oulton Broad bridge and the Bascule Bridge closed, this northern part of Lowestoft is effectively cut off. "The only way out is through Haddiscoe, but we think that's probably flooded as well. "I've never seen scenes like this in Lowestoft."

2308:Six people had to be rescued from Cromer Pier tonight, the Eastern Daily Press reports.

Tide gauge at Great Yarmouth is still out but the River Bure is recording near record level.

Looks like Lowestoft has peaked early as predicted

Env Agency Yorks&NE â€@EnvAgencyYNE1hFlooding: The emergency services are currently inundated with calls, please only call 999 if there's an emergency or threat to life Retweeted by Environment Agency

BBC Radio Norfolk reporter Andrew Turner says Hemsby lifeboat station has fallen into the sea.

The levels are still rising there-

Watching BBC 24 before 21:00 and expert on there said this is a once in 200 year event

In Boston, Lincolnshire, 18,000 households have been told to "move to a place of safety". That means upstairs if they have a house - or to collection points if they don't have anywhere else to go - and then taken to reception centres.

The last good one here was in May 2011, storm came up from the SW at around 20:00. This is a frame from a video taken at the time.

Impressive squall came through here at around 13:20, small branches all over the roads and 40/50 mph winds. Temp dropped from 11C to 8.6C in the last hour.

Looks like the wind could be the talking point Thursday?

I'm givin you all she's got captain, She'l no take any more..!

Getting cold here now, 2.2C and just 0.7 mph wind from the north. Decent breaks in the cloud, have just put my scope out for a look at Jupiter latter

Pressure looks to have bottomed here around 17:00 at 985.8 mb, 11.5C and still gusting into the low 40's mph. No fireworks so far

xcweather showing low at 976mb at 15:38

Both high winds and floods advisory being shown on M6 between J 38 Tebay and J 40 Penrith with 30 mph advised speeds. Strong winds adversary also on the Thelwall viaduct at J 21 with 50 mph advised.

Gusting to 40+ mph, pressure down to 988.7 mb and 13.3 C, 7mm rain in the last 24hrs.

10 C here, 10 mph from S, no rain in last 24 hr and 1018 mb. gfs also showing something brewing for next Tuesday ?

Lowest pressure here last night was 978 mb at 04:30 but no wind of note, 12 mm of rain in the last 24 hrs.

Pressure dropped another 1 mb to 981.7

Pressure now down to 982.7 mb, a 1 mb drop in about 15 min...

Quiet outside at the moment, weather station showing wind = 0 - 11.5 dg C - 983.7 mb and falling, as I watch.