With a still-expanding population, dramatic downpours associated with climate change and the loss of green spaces to soak up the excess, the Thames is once again at risk.
The torrential rain that accompanied the scene was no less dramatic, a downpour so heavy it all but washed away memories of The Great Fire of Walford, the Boxing Day inferno that saw the B&B reduced to cinders and Yusef Khan's reign as Bastard Laureate collapse like a blunderbussed souffle.
I'm not sure, but if you have ever been to Minneapolis, you know that the weather can be quite extreme, and they have very dramatic, torrential downpours.
The downpours caused dramatic rises in water, with some creeks rising 20 feet in a flash.
The area's generally stable weather pattern is broken by brief, but often intense, afternoon downpours and dramatic thunderstorms common during the monsoon of July and August.
The media centre here is basically a big tent, so the noise of the downpour was quite dramatic and anyone following all the tweets sent out during that time may have drawn the conclusion that some sort of flood was in progress.
Going to bed two minutes late should not cause dramatic consequences, and if an older child got home late because of torrential downpours that caused major traffic, this should not be a problem for you.
The heat wave that has gripped California for a week took a dramatic turn Thursday as lightning storms sparked brush fires, knocked out power to thousands and caused downpours across the region.
The press loved the dramatic change, but really there was no big drama - conditions were much the same as they would have been after a downpour.
Dramatic, dramatic, dramatic!
