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Flooding closed several Tube stations and roads and left some cars and buses submerged on Tuesday evening

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Thunder and lightning was accompanied by torrential downpours which lasted several hours

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The shops on Old Oak Lane in north-west London were out of bounds due to the flooding

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There were delays to journeys and major traffic jams during the evening's rush hour

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Ken Livingstone said he thought the flooding problems were partially caused by long-term cutbacks in public services