France and parts of the United Kingdom are gearing up for violent storms after a summer that saw weeks of drought and heat waves.
Fierce rainstorms hammered France overnight, flooding subway stations in Paris and causing traffic snarls as the French weather service on Wednesday warned of new flash flooding risks.
“The storms are making their way east… and can be violent with intense rain that in some places could see up to eight centimeters fall in a short amount of time,” the Meteo…