Flood And Thunder

More storms on way after month’s rain falls in a day

- Mark Reynolds

The big clean-up began yesterday after storms dumped a month’s rain in a day – causing flash floods to close hospital emergency departments.

Fierce thunderstorms swept across the south of England, sparking torrential downpours and lightning strikes.

One burnt down a brewery in East Sussex.

And with flooding affecting much of London, the Met Office warned that the danger was not yet over.

It issued a thunderstorm warning for the next three to four days before settled conditions are set to return.

The wettest part of the country was St James’s Park in the capital, where 41.8mm of rain fell on Sunday. The average rainfall for the whole of July in London is 45mm.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted: “My thoughts are with everyone affected by the flooding in London and the South-east.”