Kent is set to be battered by heavy rain, with the Met Office issuing a 14-hour yellow weather warning. The alert will come into force at 10pm tonight (August 28) and will remain in place until 12 noon tomorrow (August 29).

Bus and train services are likely to be affected, forecasters have warned. While passengers have been told their journey times might take longer.

Drivers can also expect spray and flooding on roads. And homes and businesses across the county are at increased risk of floods.

Met Office chief meteorologist Steve Willington said: “A westerly regime is now in charge of the UK’s weather and will help fuel periods of wet and windy weather over the next few days, with showers and some longer spells of rain likely for much of the UK on Thursday and Friday." Within the warni

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