After a summer of drought, heat waves and forest fires, violent storms are whipping France and have flooded Paris subway stations and snarled traffic.
The Associated Press3 hours agoA storm finally broke the heat wave in Paris, France, on Tuesday, but the rainfall was so severe that it flooded streets and flowed down into the city's metro stations.
Hail hammered Paris and other regions in Tuesday's sudden storm. Rainwater gushed down metro station stairwells and onto platforms, and cars sloshed along embankments where the Seine River broke its banks.In southern France, thunderstorms overnight and Wednesday flooded the Old Port of Marseille and the city's main courthouse and forced the closure of nearby beaches.
London and other parts of southern England were lashed with torrential rain and thunderstorms after one of the driest summers on record whichDespite the rain, much of Britain is still officially in drought. Thames Water, which supplies 15 million people in and around London, says a ban on watering lawns and gardens will take effect Aug. 24.
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