Four confirmed dead in UK storm, fears for a fifth

A teenage girl in Kent and A 50-year old man in Watford have been killed by falling trees from last night’s storm.

A Man and a Woman have also been killed in a suspected gas explosion caused by a fallen tree in West London.

The 17-year old Bethany Freeman was hit by the tree as she was sleeping in abuilding adajecent her family home in Edenbridge at 7:20am this morning.

The man was in a traffic accident where a tree came down on a car in Hertfordshire at 6:50am this morning. He was pronounced dead at the scene and his next-of-kin informed.

The storm also saw a 14-year old boy, named as Dylan Atkins swept away while playing with friends on Newhaven beach in East Sussex Sunday evening.

The Newhaven RNLI and coastguard have called off the search after being unable to find him in the “atrocious conditions” last night.

A Sussex Police spokesman said: "this is a very distressing incident and everything possible is being done to try to find the boy."

Several people have been injured in incidents in across the South of England with a double-decker bus blown over in Sussex.

Power cuts and travel disruption continue across much of the South.