Emergency services urge only call 999 in emergency

(image from London Fire Brigade)

London and the South East has been hit by storms and torrential rain overnight causing disruption on the roads this morning.

Lodon Fire Brigade 999 control officers say they have been experiencing an extremely high volume of calls to weather related incidents as heavy rain and thunder storms continue to hit the capital.

A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said; "Crews are being mobilised to incidents as quickly as possible but the Brigade is appealing to people to only call 999 in an emergency - where there is a risk to life or property.

"Between around 0130 and 0300 our control officers took over three hundred calls – around as many as they would receive in an average day.

"Most of the 999 calls received have been to weather related incidents, with firefighters attending reports of flooded commercial and domestic properties, flooded roads and vehicles that have been trapped by flood water. Crews have also attended a number of calls to reports of property being struck by lightning."

The weather related incidents initially affected the south west of the capital but as the storm continued, calls have been received from across the whole of London.

23rd June 2016