London floods

Floods in London are such a regular occurrence at the moment, they deserve their own thread. The latest:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/tufnell-park-flooding-burst-water-main-and-collapsed-street-surface-forces-closure-of-busy-road-10415366.html

Previous more or less recent and impressive floods have included Kennington Park Road ...

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/kennington-flooding-commuter-chaos-as-burst-pipe-plunges-busy-south-london-junction-underwater-10351910.html

... Clapham Road (with entirely gratuitous picture of MaxC thrown in) ...

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/clapham-road-cleanup-underway-after-burst-water-pipe-caused-flooding-9158587.html

... Herne Hill ...

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/herne-hillonsea-burst-water-main-leaves-south-london-street-submerged-under-a-metre-of-water-8749316.html

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/herne-hill-mops-up-after-burst-pipe-flood-which-left-street-under-a-metre-of-water-8751253.html

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/thames-waters-4m-bill-for-herne-hill-flood-after-burst-water-main-8753870.html

Previous forum thread on Brixton Road:

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/141064/

Thames Water's Victorian mains replacement programme has been underway for some years:

https://www.thameswater.co.uk/about-us/2689.htm

I hadn't realised that Underground stations were flooded on Friday:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-weather-southeast-wakes-up-to-day-of-sun-following-monumental-rainfall-but-it-wont-last-warn-forecasters-10415388.html

Aftermath of the Herne Hill floods:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/traders-tell-of-long-battle-with-thames-water-for-compensation-after-flooding-in-herne-hill-a2921156.html

A new take on an old subject:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/huge-40ft-geyser-erupts-from-street-as-water-main-bursts-in-elephant-and-castle-a2922906.html

Crouch End this time--not looking as impressive and devastating as other floods just yet:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/burst-water-main-floods-the-streets-of-crouch-end-a2958016.html

And here's a warning of things to come--let's hope it doesn't happen as forecast:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/river-thames-flooding-alerts-issued-for-london-as-high-tides-forecast-a2957711.html

" eel pie totty "

terrible sexism

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A curious set of comments on that article,
and,
few (so far) relating to the potential for flooding.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-faces-flooding-if-homeowners-keep-paving-over-their-gardens-experts-warn-a3101991.html

Paving over gardens seems to be going on as much as ever, even though I think a lot of councils have policies against it. Controlled Parking Zones are blamed, but managing on-street car parking is much better than generating a lot of off-street car parking.

20 m for Stoke Newington to become a seaside resort and Arsenal the London football club.

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As won't have escaped anyone's attention, lots of flooding recently, including today in Purley:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/purley-flooding-more-flash-floods-hit-south-london-after-torrential-rain-a3269311.html

Yet another one in West London.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/travelnews/white-city-flood-station-closed-as-flooding-hits-west-london-on-hottest-september-day-for-50-years-a3343991.html

It does make you wonder if this might be tangentially related to hippy passing through Shepherd's Bush every so often.

Now for some proper floods. The wrong kind of landslip on the line:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/severe-disruption-at-london-euston-after-landslide-caused-train-to-derail-at-watford-junction-a3346316.html

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/london-weather-parts-of-capital-under-several-feet-of-water-after-torrential-thunderstorms-a3346291.html

Hurriedly-written articles leading to excellent proofreading:

There were reports that two passengers, including a pregnant woman, were injured though no one was thought to be seriously thought.

Also:

Herne Hill, which has seen severe flooding in the past, was not affected by the storms.

Seeing as it was only a mains burst that did for HH, that's not too surprising.

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/passengers-fury-as-tube-strike-chaos-coincides-with-heavy-downpours-a3346271.html

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transport/london-weather-hundreds-risk-missing-flights-over-stansted-express-disruption-due-to-lightning-a3346416.html

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/m25-traffic-drivers-gridlocked-after-serious-crash-and-floods-close-stretch-of-motorway-a3346411.html

Expecting still more stories later.

Of the popular water mains bursts series:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/burst-water-main-sparks-flooding-chaos-in-southeast-london-a3364466.html

Now the question is just whether it'll remain in place for long enough for crayfish to evolve.

Just when you thought living on a hill was safe:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/muswell-hill-flood-chaos-continues-as-roads-remain-shut-a3365901.html

And another, Camberwell this time:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/camberwell-road-submerged-under-water-and-homes-at-risk-after-water-main-bursts-a3377841.html

Bad incident:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/road-in-lewisham-submerged-in-fastflowing-water-after-major-pipe-bursts-a3405756.html

Hope everybody will be safe.

We're in Greenwich/blackheath and our water has been off for the last three hours or so. Just came back on though.

Apparently about 400m of road was flowing like a river!

Live about 100m from Lee High Road up a small rise that keeps us from being affected plus LHR is an ever so slight uphill gradient from Lewi town centre

13:00 - Just spoke to my son who lives above the Enterprise car/Pacific Pizza place. The water is going away but the coach is still there and the area is still taped off.
Lazy sod has just got up and so doesn't know if he's got any water yet ...

Can report that 9 hours after the biggest mobile crane in the world arrived, the coach still has one wheel in a pothole.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-38205904

Pictures here:

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/islington-flooding-streets-submerged-under-water-as-severe-flooding-hits-angel-a3412116.html

These really seem to be happening with alarming regularity now. Clearly, the Victorian Mains replacement programme hadn't got there yet.

How's Lee High Street doing, by the way? It's all gone quiet.

It seems to be done now, just reinstatment left. Hopefully back open this week