London:
Buses and vehicles had been left stranded when roads across London flooded on Sunday, as repeated thunderstorms battered the British capital.
Emergency services had been battling “significant flooding across London”, Mayor Sadiq Khan tweeted, adding that all public transport services had been impacted and advising persons to stay clear of walking or driving via flooded regions.
Social media customers posted videos of partially submerged cars in southwest London, with more heavy rain set to fall as a band of thunderstorms made its way across southeast England.
The Met Office issued an amber climate warning across London and surrounding counties till 7 pm neighborhood time (1800 GMT).
It warned there was a threat of lightning strikes and flooding, with up to 10 centimetres (4 inches) of rain forecast to fall in some regions, virtually double the month-to-month typical for July.
Police closed a road close to Queenstown Road station in southwest London, exactly where 3 double-decker London buses had been stuck beneath a railway bridge, according to an AFP journalist.
A driver, who gave his name as Eric, stated passengers had to get off just after his bus began taking on water.
Other motorists in Walthamstow, northeast London, abandoned their cars as the rain hammered down.
Police stated they had been “currently dealing with numerous floods in the east,” warning that tunnels and roundabouts had been submerged.
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