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Hundreds of flights cancelled at Heathrow and Gatwick as thunderstorms disrupt travel

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Olivia Beeson

2h ago· 3 min readenNews
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Summary

Hundreds of flights at London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports have been cancelled or delayed due to severe thunderstorms and heavy rain following sweltering conditions in southern England. Over 400 flights at Gatwick and 600 at Heathrow were affected on Saturday, with further disruptions expected. The extreme weather continues to cause travel chaos at two of the UK's busiest airports.

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bskyHundreds of flights cancelled at Heathrow and Gatwick as thunderstorms disrupt travelmirror.co.uk

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Flight chaos continues at London airports as hundreds of flights have been cancelled at both Heathrow and Gatwick after sweltering conditions led to major thunderstorms in the south of England.
Heavy rain overnight meant two of the UK's busiest airports saw hundreds of delays and cancellations on Saturday
more than 400 flights at Gatwick delayed and a further 600 stalled at Heathrow
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Heathrow and Gatwick airport have had hundreds of flights cancelled this weekend due to extreme weather conditions with more flights expected to be cancelled and delayed today

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