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divdiv class=story-body readability=45 span class=story-date#13; span class=date29 October 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time02:55 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1Some 61,000 homes are still without power after a storm battered Britain./p#13; pEngineers restored supplies to 100,000 homes overnight after heavy rainfall and winds of more than 70mph (112 km/h) hit parts of the country./p#13; pFour people are known to have have died in the storm which brought major rail and road disruption to commuters in southern Britain on Monday./p#13; pMost rail companies say services should be back to normal on Tuesday, but there is still disruption on some routes./p#13; pa href=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-24705814Bethany Freeman, 17, suffered fatal injuries/a when a tree came down on the caravan she was sleeping in in Hever, near Edenbridge, Kent, at about 07:20 GMT. /p#13; pa href=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24705066Donal Drohan, 51, from Harrow, was pronounced dead at the scene/a after a tree crushed a red Peugeot 307 at Lower High Street in Watford, Hertfordshire, at 06:50 GMT. /p#13; #13; pAnd a man and woman died in west London a href=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24702806following a suspected gas explosion after a tree fell during high winds/a in Hounslow./p#13; pThe Energy Networks Association said a total of more than 600,000 homes had lost supply during the storm. /p#13; pBBC News correspondent Duncan Kennedy, reporting from Berkshire, said engineers had had trouble reaching some of the more remote areas in southern England because of fallen trees and it could be a few days before power supplies were restored to all locations./p#13; pNetwork Rail said the damage to infrastructure had been worse than expected, with more than 100 trees on lines. /p#13; pTrain operators - who cancelled hundreds of services because of the bad weather - are expected to resume normal services on Tuesday but some travel disruption remains: /p#13; ulli a href=http://www.greateranglia.co.uk/Greater Anglia/a says disruption and cancellations are expected until approximately 12:00 GMT on Tuesday and is advising passengers not to travel unless necessary/li#13; li a href=https://www.stanstedexpress.com/Stansted Express/a services remain suspended /li#13; li a href=http://www.firstcapitalconnect.co.uk/plan-your-journey/major-disruption/First Capital Connect/a says it expects to run a full service but with some disruption or delay expected to journeys between Hertford North and Alexandra Palace, and Bedford and Brighton/li#13; li a href=http://www.c2c-online.co.uk/C2C/a says a near-normal service will resume but buses will be replacing trains from Barking to Grays via Rainham/li#13; li a href=http://www.eastcoast.co.uk/travel-information/live-travel-information/East Coast/a trains say a near-normal service will resume/li#13; li a href=http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/Southeastern/a is expecting to operate a normal service on all routes but says there may be some cancellations so passengers should check before setting out/li#13; li a href=http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk/Chiltern Railways/a is running a normal service but says there may be some delays and short-notice cancellations/li#13; /ula class=hidden href=#story_continues_2Continue reading the main story/alink rel=stylesheet type=text/css href=http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/news/special/2013/newsspec_6222/css/main.css?v=0.8/ p id=story_continues_2Ferry crossings and flights were also affected as the storm moved across the UK./p#13; pThe Environment Agency had dozens of flood warnings in place on Monday - in areas of south-west England, East Anglia and the Midlands where flooding was expected - but now only a href=http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/five remain in place/a./p#13; pBBC weather forecasters said in more populous areas including Lyneham, near Swindon; Yeovilton in Somerset and Hurn, near Bournemouth, speeds of 74-75mph (119-121km/h) had been recorded./p#13; pThe strongest gust of 99mph during the storm was recorded at Needles Old Battery, Isle of Wight, at 05:00 GMT./p#13; pWind speeds of 115mph were recorded during the so-called Great Storm of October 1987./p#13; pFour people died as the a href=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24705734storm swept through France, Germany and the Netherlands/a after it moved out of the UK shortly after 12:00 GMT./p#13; pa href=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-24700017The search for the 14-year-old boy/a - who has been named as Dylan Alkins - who was swept away in Newhaven, East Sussex on Sunday is continuing./p#13; #13;#13;#13;#13;#13;div class=comment-introduction readability=-49#13; p class=introductionHave you been affected by the storm? 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