STORMY weather this afternoon resulted in numerous reports being received by the emergency services in Medway.

Reports were coming into Medway police at 2.30pm that rainwater was at vehicle height in Cornwallis Avenue, Gillingham.

There were also reports of potential flooding at the junction of Woodlands Road and Grange Road in Gillingham.

Police cars were sent to the area and traffic and pedestrians diverted away.

The thunderstorm deluge also lifted manhole covers in Dock Road, Chatham, and set off numerous alarms across the Towns.

Meanwhile, Medway firefighters were called to a property in Railway Street, Chatham, where the basement and ground floor had been flooded. A water pump was used to drain the property.

KMFM Medway also received reports from listeners of flooding in Darnley Road, Strood.

A man riding a bicycle injured his knee after being in collision with a car in Star Hill, Rochester, at around 2.20pm. It is not known if the weather was a factor in the accident.