Roads closed amid South East flood warnings
Sam Dixon-French/BBCTwo roads have been shut due to flooding amid weather warnings across Surrey, Sussex and Kent.
The A26 near Poundgate is closed in both directions and the A264 Crawley Road is also closed westbound because of flooding between Horsham Road in Crawley and Moorhead Roundabout in Horsham.
Government flood warnings have been issued for the River Mole at Brockham and Pixham, the Kidbrooke Stream and River Medway near Forest Row, and the River Teise and Lesser Teise between Horsmonden and Claygate.
They are also in place on the River Adur near Shermanbury, the Cuckmere and Bull Rivers at Hellingly, Horsebridge, and Alfriston, and the River Ouse near Haywards Heath, Newick, and Mount Pleasant.
On Friday morning, BBC Radio Surrey reporter Adrian Harms reported that the River Mole had "spilled out" near Old School Lane in Brockham.
Flooding was expected to start impacting the region in the early hours of Friday morning.
The government said people in the affected areas should move people, pets and valuables to a safe place and higher ground; turn off gas, electricity and water in their home if it is safe to do so; and put flood protection equipment in place.
It added that it was "closely monitoring the situation".
The warnings come after a yellow weather warning for heavy rain was in place from 09:00 GMT to 22:00 on Thursday
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