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, 27-04-2004 22:51
From BBC News Online
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Hundreds of people in London have been affected by flooding caused by freak thunderstorms.
Areas in south-east London are bearing the brunt of the torrential rains on Tuesday evening.
In Dulwich cars were marooned in flooded roads and number of streets are closed in the Streatham Hill and Brixton areas.
Lightning also struck a house in Stanmore, north-west London, causing a house fire.
Kings Cross station's Thameslink tunnel was closed and train services in the south London area have been affected.
The London Fire Brigade reported taking hundreds of flooding-related calls within just an hour and said they were still coming in "thick and fast".
A Dulwich resident said: "The depth of the water on some of the roads was more than 1ft. On some cars, water was even lapping as high as the windscreen."
Kent Fire & Rescue Service also received hundreds of flooding calls as they helped to deal with the London chaos.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police has asked people to stay off the roads if possible and to take extra care in the adverse conditions.