A freak summer storm has brought chaos to the south coast of England and parts of London with lightning, floods and hailstones and a power cut on the railway lines.
Forecasters warned a "deeply unstable airmass" had brought the risk of heavy thundery showers across East Anglia, the South East and London throughout the day.
London Fire Brigade rescued two women from a car which was overcome with flood water in South Ruislip, north-west London.
Lighting strikes Hove, Sussex, taken from the bedroom of Jon Hughes Firefighters also rescued five people from three neighbouring houses which were flooded in Thaxted, Essex.
One family remained on the first floor of their home while crews pumped water from the property after flood water affected the electrics.
The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for the south-east of England as nearly half a month's worth of rain fell in an hour in some areas.
Commuters were left stranded after the south-coast line was closed Commuters in West Sussex braved torrential rain and hailstones as they struggled to work, though the main Brighton to London line was not affected.
Residents of Brighton, Hove and Worthing who posted pictures of the storm on social-media websites described seeing cars submerged and people taking shelter in the town hall.
Network Rail said in a statement: "Electrical supply problems caused by a lightning strike, near Hove, are causing delays of up to 30 minutes to trains between Worthing and Hove/Brighton.
"There is no firm estimate yet of how long disruption will last but it is likely to continue until at least 09.00."
A street in Worthing which became impassable South West Trains said Woking-bound trains would not be calling at Esher, Hersham or Walton-on-Thames because of flooding.
A spokesman for East Sussex Fire and Rescue told Sky News they have already received some 300 calls from the public.
Richard Fowler said: "The control room started receiving calls at six o'clock this morning. We have had 300 calls so far in the south coast area from Brighton and Hove.
Worthing Station was closed after flood water poured into the underpass "The power to the track has had to be isolated because the tracks are flooded, and we have sent one of our high pumps over to assist with that.
"People are phoning and saying they have flooded basements which are affecting electrics. We did not expect this kind of extreme weather this morning. There are large hailstones on the ground. It is almost like winter."
Hove resident Adam Batchelor emailed a picture in to Sky News of the road outside his home in Hove.
"The basement flats flooded and people evacuated to the town hall," he said. "Thankfully I stayed away last night!"
Laurence Hill wrote on Twitter: "Used to be roads. Now rivers of hail. Never seen anything like it."
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