Roads and properties around Medway have been left under water after thunder storms and heavy rain this morning.

Police are assisting with road closures around the Towns, including Beacon Hill in Luton, Churchill Avenue, Chatham, and in Walderslade Village, while drivers have also been struggling with high water around Strood.

The M2 between junction 4 and 5 has been closed due to flooding from rainfall, and Highways England have advised drivers to take alternative routes and leave extra travelling time to complete their journeys.

Around three feet of flooding has completely blocked off Robin Hood Lane, Walderslade Village; while rainwater has also flooded the Esso Robin Hood Services in Walderslade Rd.

The shop had to be closed and the staff are working to control the water.

Video footage has also emerged of subsidence and damage caused to the road outside the Wheatsheaf in Capstone Road, while the Tiger Moth in Highview Dr, Chatham, had to close due to flooding and electrical problems.

Gallons of water flooded Pattens Lane, Chatham, near its junction with Wilson Avenue and at the bottom of Pattens Lane near City Way, the road was almost impassable at stages because of the amount of water.

At the other end of Wilson Avenue, near City Way, the road was also flooded and drains could not cope with the water deluge.

City Way was also very waterlogged.

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Roy Jones, aged 70, Walderslade, who saw the flooding, said: "I've never seen anything like it, I was really shocked.

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In Chatham High Street, staff at First Choice shoe shop were attempting to bail out with buckets after being left under six inches of water.

"Whenever it rains my shop gets flooded," said owner Mr Kuldip Singh. "They need to sort out the drain on the high street.

"it's flooded right through the shop."

Disruption was also caused to train services after flash flooding rendered a level crossing at Gillingham impassable by trains.

In Bredhurst, Maxine Exley of Green Court Bungalow in Forge Lane reported thousands of pounds worth of damage caused to her property when water streamed into her home off the road.

She said Kent County Council had assured her drainage issues had been resolved following flooding in previous years, and that something needed to be done.

Kent County Council said they had received two weeks’ worth of enquiries in a matter of hours after the rain, and they had not received reports of flooding in the vicinity of Green Court Bungalow since May 2016.

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