London hit by more flooding as torrential rain batters UK

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London hit by more flooding as torrential rain batters UK
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A heavily flooded road in Walthamstow after rain in the capital Met Office meteorologist Becky Mitchell said while it is too early to predict temperatures at this stage, it could ‘potentially be in the high 20s’.

Ms Mitchell said: ‘It’s not been wetter on average but we’ve seen a lot of reports on the news about the flooding. That’s why it may feel like a bad summer, with not much warmth or sunshine.’ Within this region, the worst-hit places appear to be the City of London, which has had 143% of its average rainfall this summer, the Isle of Wight with 174% of its average summer rainfall, and Surrey with 126%.has only has 38% of its average rainfall and Ms Mitchell said ‘a few northern areas have been much, much drier’.

Ms Mitchell said: ‘We’ve had quite a lot of warm weather and there was a heatwave during the middle part of July.

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