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Friday, 28 July 2006, 12:52 GMT 13:52 UK

In Pictures: Summer storms

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Britain's heatwave broke into a series of thunderstorms this week. This is the view from Mike Cochrane's house in Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire.

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After a two-hour downpour, water wasn't the only thing blocking Twickenham's roads when this empty skip floated down the street. Photo: Darren Vaughan

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Part of the Piccadilly Line was suspended after heavy rain lead to debris slipping onto the track near Boston Manor. Photo: Seth Anderson-Crook

Photo: Tom Bland

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Photographer Tom Bland spotted the change in the weather in Dalston, north London. Tom says the clouds look quite heavenly...

Photo: Tom Bland

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...whereas later the clouds became "more foreboding with the church seemingly casting a large shadow."

Photo: Richard Garsthagen

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In Ealing in West London, many people had to paddle home from work. Photographer Richard Garsthagen said, "The water is up to the knees at some parts in the street."

Photo: Jon Large

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Here, the water laps around the driveways of an estate in Royston in Hertfordshire.

Photo: Joanne Booker

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Photographer Joanne Booker from Wantage says "You could hear the air being ripped apart and then there was a giant crash."

Photo: Geoff Penn

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Geoff Penn took this photo from the upper floor of his home in Hove, East Sussex.

Photo: Paul Sharp

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Paul Sharp says that, after some patience, he managed to take a picture of a dramatic thunderstorm over Southampton. Send your pictures of the storms to: yourpics@bbc.co.uk

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