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Cars are driven through deep water on a flooded road in The Nine Elms district of London on July 25, 2021 during heavy rain. AFP pic
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LONDON, July 26 Buses and cars were left stranded when roads across London flooded on Sunday, as repeated thunderstorms battered the British capital.
Emergency services were battling “significant flooding across London”, Mayor Sadiq Khan tweeted, adding that all public transport services were affected and advising people to avoid walking or driving through flooded areas.
Social media users posted videos of partially submerged vehicles in southwest London, with more heavy rain set to fall as a band of thunderstorms made its way across southeast England.
Homes, roads and Tube stations have been flooded while two London hospitals asked patients to stay away after thunderstorms battered the south of England on Sunday.
The Environment Agency has six flood warnings in place across the country’s southeast, while there are 19 alerts for potential flooding active throughout England and Wales.
The wettest part of the country on Sunday was St James’s Park in London, where 41.6mm of rain fell.
Heavy #thundery downpours brought some #flooding to southeastern parts of the UK on Sunday. Elsewhere it was drier, and there was some very #warm#sunshinepic.twitter.com/Fny2SvNdAN
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Two east London hospitals have asked patients to stay away after their emergency departments were hit by flooding on Sunday.
Whipps Cross is without power and evacuating 100 inpatients and Newham hospital is asking patients to use other A&Es for urgent care.
Ambulances are being redirected after torrential rain caused severe flooding in homes, roads and stations.
London Fire Brigade says it has taken more than 1,000 flooding-related calls.
It rescued people trapped in cars and is helping those with flooded basements and collapsed ceilings.
A spokesperson for Barts Health NHS Trust which runs both Newham and Whipps Cross hospitals, said: Patients are asked to attend alternative hospitals where they can. A major incident has been called across the Trust.