20/06/2005 12:50 - (SA)
London - A massive clean-up operation was under way in northern Britain on Monday after a weekend of extreme weather sparked sudden flash floods in the county of Yorkshire.
Police and rescue services reported that cars were washed into gardens and buildings collapsed as villages were cut off and roads washed away during a night of heavy storms.
BBC reported that Royal Air Force helicopters were scrambled to rescue the missing people from rooftops and trees.
The flooding followed a weekend of high temperatures across Britain.
While torrential rainstorms hit parts of the north, the south of the country was sweltering in the hottest weather so far this year.
Temperatures in London soared to a countrywide high of 33 degrees celsius.
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