Â£75 for a Christmas without electricity: Power loss compensation trebled for thousands who spent the festive period in the dark as hundreds of flood warnings remain in force Customers without power for 48-60 hours offered Â£75 'goodwill gesture' UK Power Networks say 1,132 properties in Kent, 225 in Surrey and 400 in Sussex are still without electricity following Thursday's storms 'Blustery and wet' weather set to cause further delay to clean-up operation Environment Agency issued 130 flood alerts across southern England today By Mia De Graaf and Lizzie Edmonds UK Power Networks said today it will almost triple compensation for those affected by long-term power cuts over the festive period. A spokesman for the company said it would be offering Â£75 payments for customers who have been without power for 48-60 hours 'as a gesture of goodwill.' They said: 'As a gesture of goodwill UK Power Networks has decided to boost the industry standard payment from Â£27 to Â£75 for customers who are without power for 48-60 hours including Christmas Day, and additional payments will be made to any customers off supply for longer up to a maximum of Â£432.' Compensation: Some customers will receive Â£75 compensation, UK Powers Networks said today. Poor weather is expected to continue in Cheshire, pictured, and across the country Flooding: A car on the road in Weston, Hampshire where continual rainfall has led to severe floods Director of customer services Matt Rudling said: 'This is such a difficult time of year for people to be without power and so many families have also been flooded out of their homes. Our hearts go out to our customers and we have been trying different ways to help them, from arranging Christmas dinners to providing more help and tools on our website. When the high winds struck on Thursday night, more than 300,000 customers were initially without power. The company said last night 1,132 properties in Kent, more than 225 in Surrey and nearly 400 in Sussex were still without power. Hundreds of flood warnings remain in place across the UK as more showers are likely to delay further the clean-up operation at flood-hit homes this weekend. Forecasters said the mild wet and blustery weather will be a respite compared to the two major storms endured over Christmas, which have left thousands of homes flooded and many without power for days. Damage: The route of the railway was blocked after yet another night of severe storms across Britain Battering: Windy weather brings heavy waves to coastline of Pembrokeshire, pictured The Environment Agency has issued more than 130 flood alerts across central and southern England - with 34 in areas urging residents to take immediate action. Showers will mainly affect western and southern England, Wales and parts of Scotland before a light storm moves in tomorrow, Meteogroup forecaster Sean Penston said. 'It won't be nearly as bad compared to the last two storms but it will no doubt make it hard for people recovering from flooding,' he added The authorities efforts to deal with the chaos caused by the first storm on Monday were hampered by the arrival of a second storm on Boxing Day night, bringing with it gales of more than 100mph. Debris: Fallen trees are cleared by workers in north Antrim, Northern Ireland Chaos: A motorist navigates past a fallen tree in north Antrim. 5,000 customers in Northern Ireland are believed to be without power Power companies have been condemned for failing to restore supplies to thousands of people - some who had been without electricity since Christmas eve. More than 1,200 homes flooded, while many rivers burst there banks and groundwater flooding made roads impassable. Coupled with major travel disruption, it has been a difficult Christmas break for many. Yesterday the Energy Networks Association (ENA) said that 13,000 homes were still without power across the south of England and Wales. Meanwhile, about 5,000 customers in Northern Ireland were without electricity after severe gales with gusts of up to 75mph swept across southern and eastern counties overnight on Thursday. And around 35,000 homes were last night without power across the Republic of Ireland after being battered by Thursday night's storm. In the south east of England, Prime Minister David Cameron was confronted by an angry flood victim as he visited a village seriously affected by the latest storms. The unnamed woman said her local council had done nothing to help villagers in Yalding, Kent, where homes had been severely damaged. In a heated on-camera exchange with the PM, the woman said: 'We still have no electric. We need electric. As I say the council, from Monday we have been trying to contact them, but they have all decided to go on their holidays. Mr Cameron appeared rattled as he tried to defuse the confrontation by promising to contact the council himself. The network operator's promise to have everyone affected by the Christmas Eve storm back with power by the weekend did little to quell the anger of customers. ENA spokesman Tony Glover apologised to those affected by the storms, but highlighted the difficulties technicians had been facing. He said: 'The problem was that not only did we have a storm followed by torrential rain, but huge amounts of flooding afterwards. That impacted on our ability to get to the affected areas, and to get materials that we need. Encounter: David Cameron clashed with a resident of Yalding in Kent who complained that her home had no power Observing: The Prime Minster has promised to investigate the situation in Yalding, which was badly affected by floods ScottishPower said it had now reconnected 14,500 customers who lost power during Thursday night's storm. Spokesman Simon McMillan said: 'The biggest issue affecting the electricity network has been uprooted trees and other debris blown on to overhead power lines, which has caused damage and brought down the power lines in some areas. The company will do all that it can to restore supplies as quickly as possible. However, a number of roads and bridges have been blocked and closed by fallen trees which could restrict access in certain locations, and where wind speeds remain high engineers will not be able to climb poles and work at height. Robin Gisby, managing director of network operations at Network Rail, said this week 'has been one of the most challenging periods we have faced in recent times'. Thursday night's storms meant that several trains were delayed yesterday morning so lines could be examined in daylight before trains set off. The line from London to Portsmouth via Haslemere is blocked by four landslips near Liphook, and will stay closed over the weekend. The track at Ockley between Horsham and Dorking is also closed following a serious landslip. A spokesman for the Rail Delivery Group, which speaks for the rail industry, said: 'We'd like to apologise to passengers whose journeys over the festive period have been affected by the bad weather of the last few days. Hundreds of rail staff have been working round the clock to clear tracks but some services have started later than planned to ensure passengers can complete their journeys safely.