Potter Street Hill closed by torrential rainfall

Torrential rainfall forced roads to close and caused widespread flooding across the borough.

More than six roads were affected by the weather, including Uxbridge Road at the junction of Oxhey Road, Potter Street Hill, in Pinner, as well as Methuan Road, in Edgware, on Tuesday.

Two of the worst-affected were Honeypot Lane and London Road, in Stanmore, both of which were closed.

The ground floor of a house in London Road was completely destroyed after it was engulfed in water.

The grandson of the owner of the property was shocked by the damage to the house.

The 26-year-old said: "My 86-year-old nan discovered the water with her carer, so my mum and I rushed down from our house.

"The whole of the back garden was four feet under water, we think it was the amount of rain that was the problem.

"We are all quite distressed and they had to shut the whole road this morning while they pumped it out.

"I've been up from 5am and we have been told it will be three or four months before we are let back into the property."

Firefighters from the Stanmore station spent more than four hours pumping out the water in the house.

Honeypot Lane, at the junction with Crowshott Avenue, was shut after a bus broke down and cars became stuck in the water.

A council spokeswoman said: "We are currently looking into ways of alleviating flooding in the future for these problem areas."