Heavy downpours have hit Kent - with a weather warning for showers and thunderstorms.

Met Office experts have placed a yellow warning for rain in the county until 10pm tonight.

A spokesman said: "These will become organised into slow-moving bands in places, leading to some torrential downpours, particularly later this afternoon and this evening.

"As on preceding days some locations will miss these downpours, but please be aware of possible localised flooding and disruption to travel where they do occur.

"Lightning could be an additional hazard."

Video: Cars were becoming stuck at Rochester Esplanade this afternoon

Up to 50mm of rain could fall in some places, it's predicted.

Flooding has caused problems on some roads, with police called to a crash involving a sports car on the M20 near Maidstone.

Officers said the car hit standing water on the carriageway between junctions 4 and 5 at around 11.20am.

Highways officers also reported flash flooding on roads around Maidstone, including in Rocky Hill where a manhole cover has risen up with the water.

There are also problems on other parts of the one-way system and it's thought work on the Maidstone Bridges upgrade was suspended while the downpour battered the County Town.

Rain has also affected the Medway area, with flooding at Hoo Road, in Wainscott.

The warning comes as trains were cancelled between Ashford and Folkestone after a lightning strike.

Southeastern say all lines are currently out of action between Ashford and Folkestone.

The bad weather has also forced the Red Arrows to cancel their show in Kent this afternoon.

Lightning struck signalling equipment in the Folkestone area, which has blocked all the lines.

The equipment has been damaged and engineers are en route to fix the problem.

Delays are expected to last for a few hours with buses replacing trains.

But these particular clouds have silver linings. Drier conditions are expected for the weekend.