Warning of heavy rain for South East

The heavy rain warning is in place from 22:00 BST on Thursday to 12:00 on Friday

A warning for heavy rain is set to come in force across south-east England from Thursday evening.

The Met Office yellow warning begins at 22:00 BST and ends at 12:00 on Friday.

The warning, across all of Kent, Sussex and Surrey, is for heavy showers and longer spells of rain which "may bring some disruption to transport and infrastructure".

A Met Office spokesperson said "flooding of a few homes and businesses is likely".

The statement added: "Whilst not everywhere will see the heavy showers or rain, where they do occur 10-20 mm of rain in less than an hour is possible.

"50-70 mm of rain is possible in a few hours where heavy showers become more prolonged, this most likely near coasts."

Bus and train services will probably be affected with journey times taking longer, the Met Office warned.

Spray and flooding on roads may also increase journey times.

The rain warning comes at the end of a summer which has seen four heatwaves across many areas of Britain.

The United Kingdom has "almost certainly" had its hottest summer on record, according to provisional statistics from the Met Office.

The highest temperature of the summer was 35.8C (96.4F), recorded at Faversham, Kent, on 1 July.

Large areas of the UK are still affected by hosepipe bans, including 1.4 million residents across Kent and Sussex who are South East Water customers.

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