Truro, Cornwall flooded as heavy rain follows intense heatwave

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Truro has experienced flooding as heavy rain followed a heatwave in parts of the UK.

Videos posted on social media showed vehicles driving through a surge of water in the Cornish town.

Oliver Dobbs, 24, an Oxford University student who was visiting his family in Truro, told the PA news agency: “I’d been out walking to my local park when a torrential downpour started. I asked my step dad to pick me up and when we returned to the city centre the main roundabout was completely flooded. Several cars had stopped due to engine failure.”

When asked if he expected to see flooding occur at the extent it did today, he said: “Not like this. Not seen anything like this having lived in Truro for five years. We heard rain was forecast but didn’t expect a downpour.”

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