Sussex was lashed by yet another devastating storm during the night, bringing more floods, damage and road chaos.

Trees crashed on to cars, homes were damaged, roads were closed and cars crashed after hitting surface flooding.

Country roads in Mid Sussex were flooded, mostly by water pouring off fields already soaked by months of rain.

A deluge of stream water hit steep Clayton Hill and there was flooding on the road at the nearby Jack and Jill pub.

A four-wheel drive vehicle broke down in a flood on the Clayton to Ditchling road.

And torrents of water down the sides of Lodge Lane and Ockley Lane, Keymer, made driving hazardous.

There wasflooding near Wivelsfield Green. on the road to North Chailey and Church Road, Burgess Hill, was flooded at the entrance to a car park, although the road was passable.

A 30-yard stretch of pavement in Church Road closed as a safety measure yesterday after slates were blown from a roof was expected to be re-opened today.

Cliff crash Uusal flood trouble spots such as America Lane in Haywards Heath were hit again.

And lanes in the north of the district at Ardingly and Turners Hill also suffered flooding.

Hundreds of tons of cliff crashed down at the rear of the Asda supermarket at Brighton Marina, blocking the Undercliff Walk.

Firefighters fought through the night to stop the River Lavant flooding Chichester town centre.

And crews ran hoses from the centre of Southwick into Shoreham Harbour to drain flood water.

A driver escaped serious injury when a tree crashed onto his moving car at Heron's Ghyll at Crowborough. He was freed by firemen.

Two vehicles ploughed through floods and crashed on the M23 at Crawley.

A 23-year-old Horsham man driving a VW Golf was seriously hurt while a 31-year-old Brighton man in a van walked away unscathed.

The Environment Agency issued 32 flood warnings today.

There was concern for the Ouse at Lewes and the Cuckmere with hide tide at about lunchtime.

Driver Brian Kearney had a narrow escape when a tree crashed just feet behind his car in gales last night. Mr Kearney, 31, was driving along the A24 at Findon at 10pm when a large section of a fir tree smashed into the passenger side of his Volvo.

He slammed on the brakes as the rest of the tree fell behind his car.

Mr Kearney, director of Horsham Business Systems, said: "I looked in my mirror and could see the rest of the tree come down right behind me and fall across both lanes.

"Less than a second later and the tree would have been right on top of my car.

"I put my hazard lights on and called the police on my phone and as I was talking I saw another car drive straight into the tree."

The wall of a house in Harebeating Drive, Hailsham, was blown away in the storms, leaving a gaping hole.