Trees down and flooding have caused commuter chaos after storms battered Hampshire last night.

Roads and rail have been hit as winds with gusts of up to 90 miles an hour and torrential rain hit the county over night.

Power lines were brought down in parts of Hampshire .

A power cut has closed North Baddesley Infants School today.

The outage has also affected the traffic lights at the Botley Road and Castle Lane junction in the village, as well as shutting the nearby petrol station.

A tree has come down on at the bottom of Markway Hill on the A35 across the New Forest, although the road is passable.

Another tree has come down in Curdridge Lane between Plantation and Sandy Lane.

Angel Lane, in Downtown. has also been blocked by a fallen tree.

There is also flooding on Stoneham Lane in Eastleigh, as well as the northbound A34 at Tothill and minor roads around Brockenhurst in the New Forest.

Trains between Bournemouth and Southampton whave been severely hit because of flooding on the line at Brockenhurst.

The line has now been blocked by flooding and an emergency bus will operate between the stations.

Winds with gusts of up to 93 miles an hour were recorded in the early hours of this morning off the Isle of Wight.

Buses are also being disrupted.

Gary Rose Lymington and Ringwood morebus operations manager said: "We are experiencing delays to several services, due to the exceptional weather conditions.

"In addition to traffic congestion, there are trees blocking roads on some of our routes.

"Currently affected are our X1, X2, X3, X6, 38, 112, Bluestar 6 and all Brockenhurst College buses.

"We are working hard to resume normal services as soon as possible and would like to apologise for any inconvenience.”

Scottish and Southern Energy have confirmed hundreds of customers across Hampshire are still without power.

116 homes are without power in the New Forest, Southampton, and Salisbury, while 42 are affected in Portsmouth, Chichester and the Isle of Wight.

Bev Keogh, head of operations at Scottish and Southern Energy, said: “We have invested £95m in strengthening the network ahead of this winter and on the whole it withstood the challenges posed by the severe weather.

"Where the wind was at its strongest, windborne debris fell onto our power lines, causing supply to be disrupted. On occasions we had to isolate certain parts of the network to allow us to remove trees and other debris from the power lines.

"I would like to apologise to our customers for the inconvenience this may have caused them.”