Storms have hit England and Wales with warnings of more to come following the UK's hottest day since July 2006.
London, Kent, Essex, Cambridgeshire and the Midlands are among places affected. In Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, 21mm of rain fell in less than an hour, the BBC Weather Centre said.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning - "be aware" - for rain for parts of England, Wales and Scotland.
On Monday, 33.5C (92.3F) was recorded at Heathrow and Northolt, west London.
The Environment Agency has issued one flood warning, meaning "flooding is expected, immediate action required", and another flood alert, meaning "flooding is possible, be prepared", for areas between Gore Point and Hurlstone Point in Somerset.
The Met Office's Yellow warning for Tuesday predicts "thunderstorms or longer spells of thundery rain during the course of Tuesday, with some torrential downpours in places".
It also warns of "the risk of localised disruption to travel" and "surface water flooding".
In Wales, Natural Resources Wales said heavy rain was likely to cause roads to flood and drains, ditches and small streams to overflow.
A further yellow warning of rain has been issued for Wednesday, affecting eastern parts of England and parts of Scotland, in particular the north-east of the country.
The BBC Weather Centre said that, on Wednesday, the focus of the storms would move away from Wales and south-west England with Scotland increasingly at risk into the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Prolonged heatwaveEarlier on Monday night, BBC forecasters said the night ahead could get "very close" to breaking the UK record for the highest overnight minimum temperature.
The existing highest minimum was set one night in Brighton in August 1990, when the temperature did not fall below 23.9C (75F).
Forecasters said that record could fall somewhere west or south-west of London.
As for the seven-year-high daytime reading of 33.5C - recorded at Heathrow and Northolt on Monday - that may be revised upwards as the BBC Weather Centre said delayed reports from smaller weather stations could produce a higher reading.
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