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The beach ball came loose at around 6.45am (Picture: Twitter/@Bern798)

Commuters braving a storm-hit journey to work have encountered lengthy delays, packed buses, busted umbrellas, and now, giant rampaging beach balls.

More photos on that giant beach ball atOld Street roundabout this morning #UKStorm2013 pic.twitter.com/Fb0yalUC0Z — Bern Yu (Bernard Yu) (@Bern798) October 28, 2013

The 10m wide ball came loose from a building near Old Street station, where it had been tethered to symbolise the CO2 emissions a new £200million development would cut back on.

The beach ball was later deflated (Picture: http://www.teamkaroshi.com)

Pictures uploaded via social media showed the ball bouncing around in stormy conditions before the morning rush hour.

Islington Council responded by dispatching a crack squad of ball-bursting experts to end the spherical menace’s reign of inflatable terror.

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