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Horizontal Rain as London Battered by Severe Storm

Strong thunderstorms brought heavy rain, hail, and lightning across London on Wednesday, August 12, reports said.

Richmond upon Thames was placed under a flood warning on August 12 as thunderstorms swept across the UK.

This video recorded by Charlotte Hatfield shows strong wind bringing rainfall on a street in Twickenham.

“I have never seen weather like this in my area before,” Hatfield told Storyful.

Hatfield said a number of the signs and boards outside shops had been picked up by the wind and thrown into passing cars while golf ball-sized hailstones set off car alarms in the street. Credit: Charlotte Hatfield via Storyful