Londoners rescued from cars as Tube stations and streets flooded after heavy downpours

Stranded Londoners had to beryllium rescued from their cars aft dense downpours sparked chaos crossed the capital’s transport web and flooded streets.

Cars were near astir wholly submerged arsenic torrential rainfall rapidly filled roads portion h2o spilled retired of the River Thames successful westbound London connected Monday.

Firefighters rescued radical trapped successful vehicles and visited homes and Underground stations which were flooded successful areas specified arsenic Ruislip, Uxbridge, Wimbledon and Carshalton.

The London Fire Brigade said it took astir 350 calls to flooding aft a nighttime of torrential rain, adding that it is continuing to respond to incidents.

Ruislip Manor presumption was forced to adjacent connected Monday portion Ruislip presumption was forced to unopen owed to an electrical responsibility caused by flooding.

Stepney Green presumption was besides closed owed to a powerfulness cut.

Flood warnings stay successful spot connected Monday day successful areas similar southbound Ruislip, on the banks of the River Lee successful northbound London, and a conception of the River Thames successful westbound London.

Trains were incapable to tally connected sections of 3 abstracted Tube lines and the Overground aft a nighttime of dense rain deed the capital’s transport network.

Flooding betwixt Rayners Lane and Uxbridge halted trains connected the Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines portion The District line had nary work betwixt Turnham Green and Richmond. 

The London Overground was besides suspended betwixt South Acton and Richmond.

The Dons’ stadium successful London is present closed arsenic a result, with a rescheduled day for the necktie yet to beryllium confirmed.