First Avenue in Hove has been closed while emergency services deal with the incident this afternoon.
The road is blocked from Kingsway to Church Road.
Residents spoke of their shock at hearing the loud crash of the scaffolding collapsing onto the road, landing on parked cars.
A nearby resident, who did not wish to be named, described hearing a “huge crash” when the scaffolding came down.
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He said: “A load of scaffolding has come away in the wind.
“Cars are underneath. I don’t know about people, passersby, or injuries.”
He added: “There’s police and fire brigade everywhere with the scene taped off.”
Another resident said: “I heard a great crash and went to the window and saw it.
“My car is under there; it’s an inconvenience. My wife had said last night that the scaffolding was making a noise. It’s nonsense, it shouldn’t have fallen down.”
The scaffolding was on a block of flats above Bali Brasserie.
Mr Calais from Bali Brasserie told The Argus that the scaffolding has nothing to do with the restaurant but was for Kingsway Court which has 109 flats.
He said the restaurant will still open this evening as the business has two entrances.
He put the incident down to “high winds” but that “thankfully no one was working on it because of the strong winds”.
The incident comes amid an active yellow weather warning for rain.
The warning came into force at 9am today and is in place until 9pm.
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