Efforts to fight the floods continued overnight in badly-hit Wraysbury, Berkshire, where residents have said not enough has been done to help them.
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No trains will run between Liverpool Lime Street and Crewe until about 10:00 GMT because of overhead wires damaged in Wednesday's storm.
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One passenger on the stranded train reported seeing "electric line here, there and everywhere". She said the weather had been "shocking".
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A train had to be hauled to Edinburgh after it got stranded on the North York moors last night. The train, which left London's King's Cross at 18:30 GMT, didn't get moving again until 00:45 GMT.
SMS Mark Bradshaw in East Ilsley, Berkshire
texts: We have had three power cuts in 12 hours. With a seven-week-old baby we are really worried that we can't heat or sterilise her bottles (we have no gas).
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Trains have been cancelled in parts of Yorkshire and north-east England. These include trains between Barnsley and Huddersfield, because of trees blocking the line.
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Rail services throughout the UK remain disrupted, with major problems between London Paddington and Reading.
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And the i suggests the storms and floods could reduce the UK's gross domestic product by 1% in a month. For more on floods coverage, read our newspaper review.
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Wednesday, 12 February 2014
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