Two millimetres of rain in an hour can trigger a discharge; 39m tonnes of untreated sludge flushes into the river every year, says Thames Water, the utility firm that supplies London.

每小时两毫米的降雨都可能引发污水外泄。向伦敦供水的公用设施公司Thames Water表示，每年未经处理注入河水中的污泥达3900万吨。

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In fact, it did not even rain in London on that day.

而事实上，伦敦那天连个雨点儿都没有。

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Irish rain and Icelandic ash had forced the 1,500-strong White House party to take refuge in London 12 hours early.

爱尔兰的雨，冰岛的灰迫使这个1,500多人的白宫队伍提前12个小时到了伦敦避难。

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In the meantime, whether for the Summer of Sport or the Autumn of Constant Rain, holidaymakers in London and elsewhere might want to check out stay.com.

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Following a second quarter that was the wettest on record, the Olympics period in central London brought slightly less rain than normal, a spokeswoman for the Met Office, the U.K. weather agency, said Sunday.

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Now fast-forward to Monday, when AP entertainment and lifestyles producer Reetu Rupal was waiting in the rain naturally, we're back in London now to find out whether The Rock, who takes March Madness very seriously, had time to fill out his bracket.

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