{"id":744916,"date":"2026-08-21T08:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/744916\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T08:14:09","slug":"heavy-rain-hits-london-as-sadiq-khan-warns-downpours-could-lead-to-flash-flooding-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/744916\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rain hits London as Sadiq Khan warns downpours could lead to &#039;flash flooding&#039; &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxOMzBDSmZVeHVYM0dWZVRDRldMR0VJdjhUT05fNzRSV1RjeDZRTlMxU1dlQTBXRDlfbXNJX0RnVzVMOG9sUmptMHpZVzB3RVYxVkFxM1hWaEFtWDg5dVdVdmZYUHo4bnVQb2hpREhRSHdDeElyNGhSTEFYSjdsWjFzY0VhbWFtRlpMWHVsZ2M4Z3dwZHJMbWJCeEVxVnFxQk84T29ZWENB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Heavy rain hits London as Sadiq Khan warns downpours could lead to &#8216;flash flooding&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxQR1J3dXdTTlpMZkVFd1lVTW9LNzAzVTJLUll4a0ZLVEU1WmNwdXNYa3otSFZaNm9TNE8xenpWcFBVN0d2bUFuMUlPc1RMTl9tRW42QVJtZzJMaG02REdWX1B6SkRUc2wwQV9xcHdmNUpSVTlyUzFmdzVIX1VJdXVxMDY0ck1VM1htdXczSjBFTlhwQWJUN1lvSzcxSWYxZjNnb2c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brace for storms this autumn after months of drought<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxQRm9pVTN3YWxyUGxBUXhQMGpteFNZWEY2d3N2YW1EU2RRdE81ZWtnUm1zZ2ZXTF9TNGxvamp4MHRFQXZIWlZCRG1ydnp5bEp4R0xjRFJHRTU3QktfYlNpM05ER1p2ODFzOTBIbXZROFVOZVNYSFY2S0lCMC1xNTFRRExRWE9YRjdKZXNJNm83a0syU2JDcFVuZlY3R2dfYlI0UHhwRi1pWi1QU25tR3JhdGt5QVZZTGFFRlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK weather: &#8216;Heavy&#8217; rain finally forecast in some areas &#8211; but &#8216;won&#8217;t solve drought overnight&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxQaWYwQWpLTjlEdWdiSG9IcU5mRXhJUTVsam53WDU3VEQ4SXdJdDNtbV9lNlpKVDBxMDNqSWRBTW1NS1pVbGNSRlBxemZXVjNMTGwyaHk3dnl3SWRCa185Qk96dFNxeHFIa1pRS2Nlb1EwVkY0ZEVjcjB3Z2RrOXFXX0lIUGdtOF96NmpiTHdXbUhkbVZ6TVAyZlB6UDZaQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why can rain cause flooding in a drought?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPNTdBYkEwR3dCZ1o4aHg2Q2kydlh1UE1tdDk1VDVCdHl6WS13LVFCdHdQbFFXZWdDRHRHTTdQQy14ZVpUN2RSLWk4UmkzRDJNR3R6TEJEeURMZGZrNVRfeDRDWlJtLWkzZHM2LXVVWHpMYkNRY0ktazd4NlRfSkJlSGNhYi0yWDRERDBTSTFHUWVjSTZkeGxVc3p30gGfAUFVX3lxTFAtQ2FJOEV1NW56eERxMnZKMjBEVWtaRGV1cnpqV1F0aEdzM284MjNpR2FZbUU2aURnbEMxT3BlOG1YSEdLcmxlb09TTGg1NXRSamFUR0hmblFJNkNETl9wUHR3dU9YQ0lvcG4yTnNmOFZnN21CYTByMFNJcnlVNHc2dzFKNzlVb2pmb2tCVlFMYUhSeWlHNXVxdjBBQ0g3UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Flood warning issued for Sefton after heavy rain downpour<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Liverpool Echo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Heavy rain hits London as Sadiq Khan warns downpours could lead to &#8216;flash flooding&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardBrace for storms&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744917,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[246184,59,57,58,3172,1044,50,1039,14751,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-744916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-flash-flooding","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-hosepipe-ban","tag-met-office","tag-news","tag-rain","tag-sadiq-khan","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}