High winds and heavy rain have brought chaos for motorists, with one driver having his car crushed by a tree.

The worst affected area appears to be in Canterbury, where the city council has had to close a number of roads in nearby villages due to the Nailbourne River bursting its banks.

South Barham Road, The Causeway, Railway Hill, Out Elmsted Lane, Keepers Hill and Old Palace Road are all currently closed.

The council said it had put a team of engineers to work over the weekend putting in flood prevention measures, and the good news was that currently no homes have been flooded.

However, local flood alerts remain in force for Swalecliffe Brook, Plenty Brook, West Brook, the River Stour from Fordwich to Stonar Cut, and from Ashford to Canterbury, and the rivers Nailbourne and Little Stour.

The council says water levels are not due to peak until tomorrow morning.

There is expected to be some minor flooding soon in the Westgate Gardens and the coach park at Kingsmead.

Meanwhile, several large trees have come down on a car parked in Radnor Park West, Folkestone, near the recreation ground.

Fortunatley there was no-one in the small black Toyota at the time, but the vehicle has been seriously damaged with the back wheels buckling under the weight

One of the large evergreens was entirely uprooted with its huge trunk hauled out of the earth, while another snapped off midway.

The road and footpath are closed as a consequence.

In Wye, flooding has left the A28 Canterbury Road impassible in both directions this morning between its junction with the A2070 Willesborough Road at Spearpoint Corner and its junction with Whitehill and Bramble Lane.

It’s also best to avoid Stone Street, in Stanford near Ashford, where there is deep flooding on the coast-bound carriageway, causing big queues in both directions.

In Faversham, there are delays on the A299 Thanet Way coast-bound, between M2 J7 and Staplestreet junction, again due to a fallen tree, while there are delays between Otham and Downswood near Maidstone, because of a fallen tree in Church Road, Otham, although traffic is moving.

The A2070 was blocked at the Tenterden Turnoff earlier this morning by a fallen tree, but that has now been cleared.

In the meantime, two flood warnings remain in place: on the East Stour from Sellinge to Ashford, and at New Romney in the area of the sewage arm.

Yesterday afternoon, the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for much of the county, with warnings that rising levels in the Upper River Medway, and the rivers Darent, Eden, Eden Brook, Stour, Teise and Beult particularly at risk, as well as areas on the Isle of Sheppey.

An Environment Agency spokesman said: “River levels are forecast to rise quickly as a result of heavy rainfall. We expect flooding to affect low-lying land and roads close to the rivers across Kent.”

The agency advises pedestrians not to use low-lying footpaths close to the rivers while water levels remain high.

Today, railway passengers are continuing to face disruption after a landslide on Friday caused by the wet weather closed the track at Newington between Rainham and Sittingbourne.

Repairs are expected to take a week.

A limited bus service will replace Southeastern trains between Sittingbourne, Newington, Rainham and Gillingham.

An amended train service will operate between London Victoria and Gillingham, via Denmark Hill; London St Pancras and Rochester; Sittingbourne and Dover Priory, and Sittingbourne and Ramsgate.

Medway Council has cancelled its Gillingham market today because of high winds.

Listen to kmfm for the latest travel updates