Flood warnings have been handed down after temperatures leapt by double figures in the space of just a few days.
Parts of the UK were 20 degrees warmer on Monday than they were during last week's cold spell in an extraordinary weather shift that saw some left without water due to thawing pipes.
Around 15,000 homes in Sussex and Kent were affected by water shortages after a huge increase in reports of leaks and bursts was reported.
