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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Adam May

UK weather: Roads underwater as floods lash Britain after scorching heatwave

Flash flooding has hit a part of Britain where a drought had just been declared and locals placed under a hosepipe ban.

After the scorching heatwave in Cornwall that saw temperatures hit the mid 30s, heavy rain has turned roads in the centre of Truro into rivers as buses tried to navigate the deep water.

It comes as the 'extreme heat' weather warning is replaced by a three-day weather warning for thunderstorms with almost three inches of rainfall possible in parts.

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