so sad this weekend 120 people found dead in gillingham flood today 

Parts of Kent might see thunderous showers over the next few days as a belt of windy and rainy weather approaches the weekend. Following today’s gloomy start (July 5), the Met Office predicts a protracted period of rain sweeping across the region.

In the late afternoon and into the night, more rain is predicted across the southeast, accompanied by brisk winds along the coast. According to weather maps, the rains will start around 6 p.m. and get progressively heavier.

Around 7 o’clock at night, showers as heavy as 16 mm per hour are predicted in the north of the county, especially in Dartford and Gravesend, while gentler rain is expected to cover most of Kent. “There will be some rain around, especially towards the south, because of a waving front here,” Met Office meteorologist Alex Burkill stated.

“That will then bring additional rain overnight before clearing up and leaving behind a showery theme for the remainder of Saturday and Sunday.” “More wet weather then feeding in from the south west as we go overnight,” Alex continued, looking forward.

“Therefore, as we move through this evening and overnight, we are going to see some heavy persistent rain spreading north-eastward across parts of England, possibly Wales as well. Eventually, as we move towards the early hours of tomorrow morning, the rain will clear away towards the North Sea.”

The Met Office predicts that Saturday, July 6, will likely be another day of showers, with the southeast experiencing heavy and possibly thunderous rain at times. Forecasts indicate that Ashford, Canterbury, Thanet, and Tunbridge Wells will have very strong showers starting at around 10 a.m., with Dover experiencing showers in the late morning and early afternoon.

Rainfall in these areas can occasionally reach up to 32 mm per hour. Throughout the day, temperatures are predicted to stay about average for this time of year, with a high of 19C. In the afternoon, there may be some dry spells.

On Sunday, July 7, similar tendencies are anticipated once more, with bright spells and heavy storms predicted. Again, the Met Office warns that these could become thundery in certain areas, with Medway and Maidstone expected to receive the highest rainfall between 10pm and 1pm.

By Monday, any sunshine is predicted to become hazy, and the beginning of the next week will bring gloomy skies and more rain. The following week’s conditions are predicted to vary greatly, especially for this time of year.

“Confidence in the weather patterns at the beginning of this period is unusually low, with an erratic transition from cool, bright but showery weather over the previous weekend to something more unsettled, particularly in the south and west, likely to be underway,” reads the long-range forecast for Tuesday, July 9, through Thursday, July 18.

“The period is expected to be primarily unsettled overall, with shorter periods of settled weather in between successive areas of cloud and rain moving in from the Atlantic.” The forecast continues by saying that there may be a few warm spells in the southeast during this time, with some weather charts indicating that Kent may see heatwave-like temperatures later on.

A woman has been taken to hospital after being hit by a car.

Ambulance and police services were in attendance after reports of the collision in Rock Avenue, Gillingham, at around 10am this morning.

According to one witness, there was a hit-and-run at the zebra crossing during the event.

The two dogs the woman was walking at the time ran off during the incident, but they have since been located.

Not long after 9 o’clock at night, police were summoned to a two-vehicle collision near the intersection of Leylands Lane and Toller Lane.

The body of a man in his 50s has been found in a town centre.

An elderly man’s body was discovered in Gillingham’s Green Street.

Police were called to concerns for the welfare of a man in Green Street, Gillingham at 1.22pm yesterday (June 26).

Officers and paramedics attended and a man in his 50s was confirmed to be deceased.

His death is being treated as non-suspicious and a report has been completed for the coroner.