Ananova:

Britain is facing a second day of storms, with the Met Office issuing a severe gale warning for much of Britain from 9pm tonight until Wednesday afternoon.

The storms are expected to strike further north than on Monday, with further disruption to transport and power supplies possible.

Stephen Davenport, a senior forecaster with MeteoGroup, said: "There will be more high winds, this time across Northern Ireland, southern Scotland, northern England and North Wales, with gusts of more than 70mph expected. But there will also be gales in the South and South West."

Early on Tuesday morning the Environment Agency had one severe flood warning for the coast around Chichester harbour.

There were also seven flood warnings and 68 less urgent flood watches in place for England and Wales.

The West Country and South Wales bore the brunt of winds gusting at up to 95mph that roared in from the Atlantic in the early hours of Monday.

Travellers by sea, air, rail and road faced delays and thousands of homes lost electricity as trees crashed down on power lines.

Insurers said the cost of such a storm - the strongest of the winter in southern Britain - could run into hundreds of millions of pounds.

Rescuers helped a Swedish tanker with 13 crew on board which got into difficulties off the Isle of Wight.

The 11,000-tonne vessel, named Astral, was heading for the Esso oil refinery in Fawley with a cargo of gas oil when it ran into trouble.