A severe weather warning is still in place for London and the south east today (May 22).

The Met Office has issued its 'yellow warning for rain in the area yesterday afternoon, although the extreme weather did not materialise.

However, they say the warning is still in place for today

The Met Office said: "Areas of heavy and locally thundery rain are expected to move north and west across the southern half of England along with Wales during the early hours of Thursday.

"A brief period of drier weather  reaching the extreme southeast around midnight Thursday will follow northwestwards, probably reaching much of Wales and southwest England later in the morning. 

"However, scattered locally heavy showers, with the risk of some slow-moving thundery downpours, are likely to develop quite quickly during Thursday, only slowly dying out in the evening. 

"The public should be aware of the risk of localised flooding."