Parts of London have been hit by flash flooding and a weather warning has been issued for a large part of southern England.

Social media users posted videos of flooded city streets, with the southwest of London badly affected.

Twitter user @robwatkins said central Raynes Park was “very underwater” after “a deluge lasting more than an hour”.

After a deluge lasting more than an hour, central Raynes Park is *very* underwater pic.twitter.com/oroidQjSKP

@CaptTamagochi, from the same area, warned anyone out driving to “beware”, while @lunanana___ posted video of similar levels of flooding in South Hampstead, adding they had “never seen anything like this”.

The Met Office has issued a weather warning for a large part of southern England.

Bit of a flood here in south hampstead London😱 never seen anything like this pic.twitter.com/34geRmdawD

The affected area stretches from Devon in the west, all along the south coast as far as East Anglia and as far north as Cambridgeshire and almost to Bristol.

The agency also has flood alerts in place for four areas, including Beverley Brook in the south London borough of Merton, Sutton, Kingston upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames and Wandsworth.

#raynespark Station heavy flood… beware if you're driving. #Wimbledon #rain pic.twitter.com/b26tOPVkDt

Alerts, which mean flooding is possible, have also been issued for the Lower Lee tributaries, the River Hamble and the Upper River Loddon.

Heavy and slow moving thundery downpours have brought significant #flooding to parts of London 🌧️

Torrential showers are expected to continue through much of this evening

Stay #WeatherAware pic.twitter.com/lcXWm01Qt7

The Met Office has not issued any flood warnings or severe flood warnings.

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