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Torrential rain has swamped parts of the South East and London, flooding streets, disrupting public transport and prompting hundreds of calls to the Fire Brigade.
Red “immediate action” warnings are in place for areas of Essex and the capital after around a month’s rain fell in a few hours.
London Fire Brigade said it received 300 calls between 1.30am and 3am – the same number it normally gets in a day.
Call-outs included reports of vehicles trapped by water, flooded homes and businesses, and lightning strikes on property.
Flooded streets were reported across the capital, with Bexley getting nearly half of the average rainfall for June in just a single hour.
One driver in Battersea was pictured waist-deep in water trying to save his car from underneath a rail bridge, while Elizabeth Bodea shared a picture of a flooded car park in Romford.
Usman Shah posted on Twitter: “Never seen anything like this! So much rain in London! And then thunder. And then lightning. And then POWER CUT. And then my bedroom floods!”
Carl Mortimer posted: “Looks like I’m not driving into London this morning then. Floods, everywhere!”
Rail commuters faced a nightmare journey to work, with Transport for London reporting delays and suspensions on the Tube, London Overground and TfL Rail.
Trains are not running between Surrey Quays and New Cross / Clapham Junction, and there are severe delays between Highbury & Islington and West Croydon / Crystal Palace.
One passenger at Clapham Junction said platforms were a “sea of bodies” as passengers struggled to work out alternative routes.
The circle line is also suspended, and flooding has cancelled all services between Liverpool Street and Ilford and led to a “severely limited” service on the Gatwick Express.
South West Trains is advising passengers not to travel because submerged tracks and a tree on the line are causing problems in southwest London and on the line to Reading.
Southern Rail is also reporting severe disruption, with the line blocked between Clapham and Milton Keynes.
It is advising travellers to seek “alternative options” and says tickets are being accepted by other operators including Thameslink, London Underground, Tramlink and London Midland.
On the roads, the capital’s North Circular is one of the many roads flooded and was closed at Waltham Forest.
The Highways Agency is also reporting long delays on the anti-clockwise M25 between junctions nine and 11, and the southbound A12 near Chelmsford.
Sky News weather presenter Nazaneen Ghaffar said a “plume of moist, warm and very unstable air” had caused 6000 lightning strikes to be reported in the UK and northern France overnight.
Despite a break in the rain by mid-morning, the deluge is set to return – raising the possibility of further travel problems tonight.
“By this afternoon most of the thunderstorms should clear from eastern England, leading to drier conditions for a time,” said Ghaffar.
“However, later this afternoon thunderstorms are expected across these regions again with frequent lightning, which may lead to flash flooding and therefore disruption to travel for this evening’s rush hour.”
Courtesy of Sky News
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