Hundreds of people across Sussex are without power after Storm Ciaran swept across the county.

More than 1,000 customers are without power in Eastbourne as gusts of more than 60mph struck the south coast overnight.

Outages have also been reported in Crawley, Lewes, Burgess Hill, Horsham, East Grinstead and Rye.

A power cut has also been reported in Whitehawk and Brighton Marina, with 144 customers understood to be affected.

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UK Power Networks have said that faults with high voltage overhead electricity lines have caused the issues, with reports of some power lines down and blocking roads.

Engineers are attending to incidents across the county, with power due to be restored by later this morning or early afternoon.

However, the timeframe may change due to the number of incidents reported due to the stormy conditions.

An amber weather warning remains in place across parts of East Sussex until midday today, with yellow weather warnings in force across the entire county until 5pm.