What a difference three days make! Week of extremes as Britain sees blazing sunshine followed by blizzards (but the usual autumn drizzle is on its way) The summer was washed away by dramatic floods in the north and south Sixty people were evacuated from homes in Redcar on Friday night The hot weather came to an end in Falmouth with an intense 20-minute hailstorm which turned the town white It was a week of extraordinary extremes. Now the weather is settling into a typically drizzly British autumn. After last week's mini-heatwave, which culminated in 30C (86F) heat, the summer was washed away by dramatic floods in the North and hail storms in the South. Sixty people were evacuated from their homes in Redcar, North Yorkshire, on Friday night during flashfloods as 8mm of rainfall per hour was recorded. Balmy: Sun worshippers on Swanpool beach, Falmouth, soak up the last of summer on Tuesday Winter wonderland: By Friday, hail storms transformed Falmouth in Cornwall Two drivers had to abandon their cars as they were swept away in the floods, which also washed away part of a bridge. Meanwhile in Falmouth, Cornwall, last week's heatwave, which brought families sunbathing on the beach, came to an abrupt end with an intense 20-minute hailstorm which turned the town white, with cars reportedly left sliding on roads. PE teacher Tommy Matthews, 52, had a dip in the sea after work - only to return home to a road covered with an inch of hailstones. He said: "I was walking up the street and it suddenly all went nuts. It lasted for 20 minutes. After a topsy-turvy week, however, the weather over the next few days will settle into a pattern typical of this time of year. Forecasters predicted some thundery bursts of rain today and tomorrow, but nothing prolonged enough to cause flooding, prompting the Environment Agency and Met Office to withdraw their warnings. Craig Snell, from the Met Office, said: "Over the next couple of days there is still a scattering of showers around, some of them turning to longer spells of rain today. Temperatures are near normal, but there will be a chance of it becoming warmer. The rain is moving into the Northwest later on in the week.