You know those disaster movies where it's blue sky one minute, hellish storm clouds the next?

Well that was pretty much what happened in London on Tuesday.

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Thing have been cold in the UK for a few days now, but the so-called "Beast from the East" well and truly slammed into Britain's capital yesterday.

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Just look at this nightmarish photo, taken from a police helicopter.

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You know when a storm cloud looks like a gigantic, hungry wave it's never going to be good.

They followed it up with some footage, too.

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Begone, beast! You can snow on us all you like, but you never take away the stoic London spirit.

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