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VIDEO: A little rain never hurt anyone and my car can take it

It wasn’t some city located in the globe’s tropical regions where rainfall is measured in metres each year. It was the northern European metropolis of London. This past week rain hammered down onto the fair city and immediate surroundings, creating flash floods that made driving in some areas very dangerous. But some drivers refused to be deterred from taking to their favourite road. A little rain wasn’t going to stop them – even if it amounted to a month’s rain, 35mm, in only several hours. It bei
June 10, 2016 Read time: 2 mins
It wasn’t some city located in the globe’s tropical regions where rainfall is measured in metres each year. It was the northern European metropolis of London.

This past week rain hammered down onto the fair city and immediate surroundings, creating flash floods that made driving in some areas very dangerous.

But some drivers refused to be deterred from taking to their favourite road. A little rain wasn’t going to stop them – even if it amounted to a month’s rain, 35mm, in only several hours.

It being London, that large puddle up ahead that straddles the entire width of the road won’t be that deep. It never is, thought several people as they attempted to drive under a rail bridge in the small town of Wallington.

Oops! Should have thought twice.

One businessman nearly lost his life when his vehicle was covered by around 2m of water. The fire brigade came to his rescue, according to local newspapers. Another driver in a Vauxhall Zafira - and devoid of common sense – also attempted to drive through the wall of water.

But put London’s flood into perspective, %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal Click here Visit Youtube Video false https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Cwse0gVl3U true false%> to watch other floods concerning roads and drivers.

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