Tower Bridge is FLOODED: Rain causes travel chaos in London with roads and Tube stations underwater

Tower Bridge has been flooded and Tube stations are underwater after ‘biblical’ rainfall lashed London this morning, wreaking travel chaos across the capital. 

Commuters faced big delays to their journeys to work as major roads such as the North Circular and Tube services including the District Line were left submerged.

Astonishing video footage showed buses and cars struggling to get across Tower Bridge, the famous London landmark which was practically underwater this morning. 

Other images shared by angry Londoners also show Euston Road in the north left in deep rain water as cyclists and motorists try to make the commute to work.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for most of England and said heavy downpours could cause disruption across the country throughout the day.

The warning, which stretches hundreds of miles from London up to Hartlepool, means there is a chance that homes and businsses could be flooded, and buildings could be damaged. 

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Transport for London has also indicated that the District Line is not stopping at Mile End due to flooding.

The Met Office issued the yellow weather warning this morning and it is expected to remain in place throughout the morning. The warning means that bus and train services will probably be affected with journey times taking longer and the chance of cancellations

Drivers have also been warned that spray and flooding on roads will make journey times longer with some difficult driving conditions and the chance of road closures. 

A spokesman for the forecasting service said: ‘An area of rain is expected to move northeastwards across much of England on Tuesday, with thunder in a few places. 

’15-25mm of rain is likely quite widely with up to 40mm in a few places, leading to some flooding and disruption.

‘However, there is a small chance that this rain will especially intense in a few places with 50-70mm possible, and more significant disruption where this occurs.’ 

Weather agency MeteoGroup UK said in its forecast: ‘Tuesday will be a dull and damp day across England and Wales with outbreaks of rain which will slowly clear from the west during the day.

‘Rain will continue across northern and eastern England during the evening and will be locally heavy for coastal areas. 

‘Overnight will continue to slowly clear from the west to leave most areas dry with clear spells and patches of mist and fog will form. Rain will linger across the north-east to dawn.’

Stella Creasy, Labour MP for Walthamstow, has urged people to report any flooding on the roads as a comment on a Facebook post in the group Walthamstow Life.

She said: ‘Walthamstow Met office have issued warning of possible ‘disruption’ caused by the heavy rain today so have put post on Walthamstow life for reports of flooding – please use that to let me and my team know if any problems so can follow up! Fingers crossed not needed.’ 

Taking to Twitter, one person angrily wrote: ‘I think it’s fair to say that my first trip into London in over a year is awful. P***ing down with rain. Train delayed. Folk pulling out of the meeting I’ve travelled in especially for. Long queue for a taxi. Horrible grumpy people. Of which I am now one.’

Another tweeted: ‘Having cycled 18miles in the rain, am pretty sure the last time London had adequate drains was when the Romans were here.’

Meanwhile, Ladbrokes have slashed the odds on this going down as the wettest September on record.

Having been a 3/1 shot earlier this week, the bookies now make it just 5/4 for this month to enter the record books as the wettest September ever.

Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: ‘It’s looking more likely than ever that this month will go down as the wettest September on record with thunderstorms ready to batter Britain.’