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Flash floods cause travel chaos in London

Updated / Tuesday, 13 Jul 2021 12:39
Several roads around the capital were impassable due to flooding (Pic: Rob Watkins)
Several roads around the capital were impassable due to flooding (Pic: Rob Watkins)

Flash floods caused travel chaos in London yesterday evening as a number of train and tube stations were forced to close.

Euston Station lines had to be shut down after the intense downpours, with people unable to travel in or out of the city via the major transport hub.

Underground stations, including Chalk Farm and Hampstead stations in north London and Wimbledon in the south, also shut due to the heavy rainfall.

One video posted on Twitter shows water pouring in down the stairs at Sloane Square tube station.

Cars were also filmed struggling to make their way through streets that appear to have turned into rivers after several centimetres of rainwater.

Queen guitarist Brian May said he is "angry" after a number of his "precious" belongings were ruined when his home in west London was hit by the flooding.

He said he came home from a day out to "horror in our house" in Kensington and shared a number of videos showing stained floors and wet belongings.

Residents in a number of areas such as South Hampstead, West Hampstead, Raynes Park, Friern Barnet, Isleworth and Wimbledon took to social media to post videos of the scenes and expressing shock at finding whole roads in their neighbourhoods underwater following the deluge.

Pictures have also emerged of people swimming in ponds created by the thunderstorms on Primrose Hill.

London Fire Brigade said it had taken more than 1,000 calls related to flooding.

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