Severe thunderstorms and a deluge of heavy rain have flooded roads and tube stations in southern England.
Eight London tube stations have been closed due to flooding, while cars and buses have been stranded on streets amid rising water.
The city's fire department has received close to 300 calls for assistance due to the floods in the space of hours, the BBC reports.
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And the flooding is expected to get worse with the Environment Agency issuing five flood warnings for parts of southern England and 19 flood alerts including locations in Wales, the Guardian reports.
In many parts of southern England, 75-100mm of rain is forecast to fall on Sunday evening.
Met Office meteorologist Steven Keates told the BBC the region between south Suffolk and the Isle of Wight could be hit with 100mm of rain in just a few hours.
Mr Keates said there were likely to be "pretty lively showers" from Norfolk to Bournemouth, with "torrential downpours, thunder and lightning and potentially some hailstones settling in the south."
The storms are being caused by a "convergence" of air currents as warmth in the Earth's surface from a recent heatwave rose into cooler air in the atmosphere.
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