Britons brave rains to cast vote

London: Millions of UK voters on Thursday braved rains and waded through flood waters in some regions to come out and cast their vote. The UK Environment Agency issued a number of flood warnings and at least 22 flood alerts across the south-east of England, causing significant traffic pile-ups and queues at some polling booths.

London Fire Brigade received a day’s worth of calls in just 90 minutes. They were forced to tweet two separate messages urging people to only call in an emergency.