Clips showed vehicles caught up in a muddy torrent pouring down a city street as people clung to lamp posts.

Imagine rows and rows of open-air kitchens on a major city street.

In fact, if you're serious about protecting your skin, you should always wear a hat in summer, even walking down a sunny city street.

They are then arrayed in ranks reminiscent more of a medieval battlefield than a modern city street.

There was one message that stood out like police lights on a dark city street.