STORM Imogen caused more than 60 emergency services callouts across the county including a partially collapsed building, downed telegraph cables, and fallen trees.

Sussex Police said they attended 61 calls, 45 before midnight and 16 after midnight, due to the impacts of Storm Imogen.

East and West Sussex Fire and Rescue attended a number of reports to dangerous structures including a scaffolding tower coming loose, solar panels being dislodged and a metal girder falling from a car park.

The most dramatic incident was the gable end of a house in Chichester Drive East, Saltdean, collapsing in the winds – but all residents were evacuated safely.

The road remains closed while the council and owners secure the building.

Also rail passengers have been warned that storm force winds are likely to disrupt services this morning.

A spokesman for Sussex Police said: “Examples of the requests have been, damage only RTCs, multiple instances of trees and/or branches in the road, tree fallen on to telephone cables, fencing blown into the road, scaffolding blown down, roof collapsing on a residential building, temporary road signage and cones being blown from their placement points, power cable down across the road, a wheelie bin being blown down a residential street and a garden trampoline being displaced.  No reports of injuries.”

A severe weather warning is in place for the rest of the day - with an amber "be prepared" warning for wind from the Met Office predicting gusts of wind up to 80mph.

A spokesman for the Met Office said: "An area of very strong winds is likely to extend east across southwest England and parts of central southern England on Monday morning. Gusts of 60-70 mph are likely widely, with 80 mph gusts in exposed coastal areas."

Flood warnings are also in place along the coast at Seaford and Pevensey.