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Cornwall roundabout flooded amid heavy rainfall

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Thunderstorm: Cornwall roundabout submerged by pooling floodwater after downpour

A roundabout in Cornwall became submerged by floodwater during a yellow thunderstorm warning on Monday, 15 August.

Footage recorded by Oliver Dobbs shows pooling water gather by the Trafalgar roundabout in Truro after a downpour of rain.

The Met Office had issued a status yellow thunderstorm warning for the UK, with "torrential downpours" leading to "spray and sudden flooding" in places.

An amber warning was also in place in southwest England on Monday.

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