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Damage reports form the 20th June 2007

Thousands of people have been left without electricity after severe weather hit parts of England and Wales.

Direct lightning strikes and high winds cut power to thousands of homes in east Kent, while torrential rain caused flooding of homes and roads.
Elsewhere, hundreds of householders were mopping up after storms wreaked havoc in parts of Wales, the West Midlands and the Bristol area.
Flash floods in some areas left people trapped in homes and cars.
Nina Ridge from the BBC weather centre said conditions had been bad overnight with reports of two inches of rain falling in some areas, which she described as "pretty exceptional". "The worst of it is over and the situation should improve. There will be showers over the next few days but nothing as severe as we have seen," she said.

BBC NEWS | UK | Storms leave homes without power