The country has been hit by heavy rain and flooding this morning causing travel chaos.

A yellow weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for Kent until 3pm today.

This morning, a second weather warning for a thunderstorm was put in place from 8pm until 6am tomorrow.

One lane is closed on the M2 London-bound between junction 6 A251 Ashford Road, Faversham, and junction 5 A249 for Sittingbourne and the Stockbury Roundabout due to flooding.

There are two broken down cars on the A249 between Key Street and Stockbury.

A car has also struck the central reservation on the coast-bound carriageway between junction 5 and 4 on the M2 this morning. No injuries have been reported.

River levels on the Isle of Sheppey are already rising due to heavy and persistent overnight rain.

Flooding of roads and low-lying land is expected from 9am and further rainfall is forecast over the next 24 hours as weather experts expect river levels to remain high throughout today.

Parts of the county saw half of November's average rainfall in a few hours with Lamberhurst recording 62mm of rain.

Meanwhile, Horsmonden (60mm) and Rainham (54mm) were among the wettest places in the entire country.

Teams are closely monitoring the situation and incident response staff are clearing trash screens across the catchment area.

They warned to avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses and to plan driving routes to avoid low lying roads near rivers, which may be flooded.

A flood alert has also been issued for the Upper River Medway and flooding of roads and low lying land is expected between 9.30am and 9pm today.

It is expected to affect areas around Forest Row, Ashurst, Hartfield and Penshurst and roads close to the rivers, particularly near Balls Green and Ashurst.

River levels are expected to remain high until 9pm.

Kent County Council's Highways team issued a message this morning. It read: "Please be aware we have multiple reports of weather related issues across the Kent road network following strong winds and heavy rain. Please be careful out there."

A lane is blocked on the A229 Sheals Crescent, Maidstone, at the junction for loose Road due to carriageway flooding and a broken down car.

Willington Street dip in Maidstone has been shut by police due to flooding while the diversion through Downswood is also partially underwater.

"The commute was pretty wild," said one driver.

There has also been reports of a collision on the M20 between junction 11A and junction 12 for the Cheriton Interchange, Folkestone.

Paramedics were called to the scene at around 11.15am and are assessing injuries.

Meanwhile, the A20 Ashford Road, Harrietsham, is partially blocked causing long delays due to flooding and a broken down car in Church Road.

Congestion is to Lenham heading westbound and back to the M20 junction 8 heading eastbound.

Heavy rain is affecting areas across the county this morning but it is expected to clear eastwards in the early afternoon.

Between 20 to 30mm of rain is expected, with 40mm in a few places near English Channel coasts.

More as we get it.