The Met Office say that the cause of severe flooding in Devon is due to a 'freak hailstorm'.

Now I'm not the most PC sort of bloke, but if I was the hailstorm in question I would be writing to my MP complaining that, just because I was responsible for causing inconvenience to a couple of West Country villages, there's no reason to label me a freak.

Hailstorms have feelings too, you know.