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Rail services across much of southern Britain have been cancelled for the morning rush hour as a storm continues to batter parts of England and Wales, the BBC reported.

Motorists planning to travel between South Wales and England have been warned the Severn crossings, the M4 and M48 will be closed in both directions.

Air travel is also disrupted with 60 flight cancellations at Heathrow.

The Met Office said a gust of 92mph (148km/h) was recorded at Needles Old Battery, Isle of Wight, at 01:00 GMT.

Meanwhile the Environment Agency has issued 12 flood warnings - all in south west England - and 146 flood alerts across England and Wales.

Robin Gisby, network operations managing director for Network Rail, said commuters should expect considerable disruption on Monday morning.

"This will impact up to Birmingham and up to Nottingham and the Midlands. If we get through this in the morning, restore the service during the afternoon and are able to start up a good service on Tuesday morning, in the circumstances I'll be pretty pleased," he said.