Thunderstorms yesterday evening and early this morning - woken up at 5 am by the latter. Thundered incredibly loud in the afternoon.

August 23rd. It turned out that I couldn't have gone to that party yesterday anyway: because of landslips the railway was blocked.

'Violent thunderstorms broke out on the 21st ... 77 mm at Chigwell Row (Essex) on the 22nd. Flooding in Essex on the 22nd.' [...]