Now it's raining INSIDE: Supermarkets are
flooded and cars swept away as hottest day of year is followed by torrential
downpours, lightning and TORNADOES (but it's still scorching in the south)
Temperatures soared to 34.4C (94F) in Gravesend
in Kent yesterday, the hottest September day in more than 100 years. Many
people took to Twitter to complain about being unable to sleep because of the
heat. It wasn't the same for everyone in the UK, however, as Manchester (centre
and inset) and Lancashire was hit by violent thunderstorms, flash flooding and
power cuts and a tornado touched down on Sheffield. Roads and even supermarkets
in the North West were swallowed in deluges, with trains, flights and football
games also disrupted - but the Met Office has said it will be a drier day for
most of the country today.
Rain fell so hard and fast that the Met Office issued yellow weather warnings for the North West, North East, Yorkshire and into parts of Scotland. Images of flooding in the deluge hit region of the North West have since been posted on social media sites.
A video emerged of an Asda supermarket (left) in Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, under inches of water, before it was evacuated. There were similar scenes in the city's Harvey Nichols (right).
The rain was so heavy that it forced Manchester
City to call off their opening Champions League game with Borussia
Monchengladbach because of a waterlogged pitch.
Elsewhere in the city, people were seen running
for cover and taking shelter under umbrellas and full-body raincoats
Source: Dailymail
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