In Kent, water was held back at the Leigh Barrier near Tunbridge Wells, preventing it flowing down the River Medway towards Tonbridge.

BBC: South hit by severe floods

Fort Amherst was constructed in 1756 to defend the naval dockyard and the River Medway against the threat of a French invasion.

BBC: Lights switch-on at Chatham's historic fort

Police investigating the disappearance of a Welsh soldier in Kent say they have narrowed their focus to a road which leads to the River Medway.

BBC: Missing soldier: Search for Josh Thomas focuses on river

Flood alerts have been issued for the Rother and the Cuckmere rivers in Sussex, the River Mole and the Thames in Surrey and the Medway in Kent.

BBC: Sussex black ice alert after 40 crashes