Twitter users posted pictures of flood water cascading down the street in Newbury Phil Cannings/TwitterCommuters around the country faced a miserable journey to work this morning thanks to torrential rain and flash flooding caused by overnight storms. Stations were flooded and roads submerged after half a month’s worth of rain fell in just a few hours, and a landslide derailed a train near Watford Junction. A strike on two London Tube lines also forced passengers to seek alternative routes in the bad weather, which comes shortly after the hottest September day for more than a century. The east, south and southeast were worst affected, and all have amber weather warnings in place. London Midland…

Source: The Times September 16, 2016 07:52 UTC