Rain pours on Tube strike day as commuters forced to walk to work

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Commuters were hit by torrential rain as they made their way to work in London adding further misery to hundreds of thousands affected by a major Tube strike.

The Met Office has forecast that the bad weather will continue for the duration of the morning rush before a brief respite in the late morning and heavy rain this afternoon.

The chance of rain remains above 50 per cent until 10am, and is at 80 per cent from noon, as much of the UK experiences a wet and cloudy day.

Yellow weather warnings are in place for parts of the south-west, Northern Ireland and southwest Scotland as the risk of floods hits coastal areas.

Met Office metrologist Aidan McGivern said: "It will be gloomy, a lot of cloud cover and for many places a wet start to the day.

Met Office metrologist Aidan McGivern said: "It will be gloomy, a lot of cloud cover and for many places a wet start to the day.

There could be 25mm, and in some places 40 to 60mm of rains in the hardest hit areas, said the forecaster.