The UK is the top twister country in Europe. Some London streets got hit around 11 o’clock this morning, as this BBC story recounts. You can see pictures here and here.

As the tornado hit these north London streets, I was on a District Line underground train, heading westwards out of Hammersmith. I could see black clouds to the north west (the underground actually runs overground once it leaves Earls Court, heading west). And then suddenly they dumped tons and tons of water onto the streets, the railway, everywhere. I thought I heard a crack of thunder.

By the time I got to Richmond, the weather had cleared and the sun was shining.

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