Warning of fresh floods and storms for UK Travellers and families at home for Christmas should expect further disruption over the next two days from widespread flooding in parts of the UK, the Environment Agency warned on Thursday, with heavy storms expected overnight. Tens of thousands of homes were left without power on Christmas Day and nearly 1,000 homes were flooded after bad weather caused chaos across southeast and southwest England. The Environment Agency said it expected another band of storms to hit most of the UK on Thursday night and Friday morning, which could bring 2.5cm of rain and winds of up to 70mph. Tim Field, head of public affairs at the Energy Networks Association, said staff were out in greater numbers than usual attempting to repair fallen power lines. He told BBC Radio's Today programme: "Way more people have been working on this than would normally be working in any average week . . . It's the last thing anyone wants to experience, but especially at a time like this. Meanwhile, Gatwick airport could find itself under investigation after a power cut at the airport on Christmas Eve left thousands of travellers stranded, with passengers complaining of going without heating, hot food or water. The Civil Aviation Authority said it was looking into "what could and should have happened" at Gatwick and may conduct a full investigation into the airport and the airlines. John Mann, a Labour member of the Treasury select committee, said: "It seems that this company has underinvested in contingency planning - despite raking in hundreds of millions of pounds of profits and ruining Christmas for hundreds of people." The company said in a statement on Tuesday night: "Gatwick would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused to some passengers today and we are working hard to keep disruption to a minimum." It said the flight schedule had returned to normal by Thursday, but the earlier disruption was still having some impact.