Ankle-Deep Water Swamps Roads Outside London's King's Cross

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Slow-moving thunderstorms inundated London on Wednesday, August 17, causing flash flooding at two of the city’s railway stations, reports said.

Footage posted to Twitter by user @AndrewsVisual shows the extent of the flooding outside King’s Cross Railway Station.

“The rain was incredibly mad,” @AndrewsVisual wrote on Twitter.

Other video shows people wading through ankle-deep water at Victoria station.

Thunderstorms were expected to continue into the evening across southern England, the Met Office said. Credit: @AndrewsVisual via Storyful

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