Commuters endured further travel chaos today after two months’ worth of rain fell in 48 hours as major flooding submerged cars, closed schools and blocked rail lines.
People were rescued from narrowboats in Northampton this morning after the River Nene burst its banks while at least 45 properties flooded across the Home Counties.
Train services continued to be impacted by flooding – with the Chiltern Railways line towards London blocked between Banbury and Bicester North in Oxfordshire, and Avanti West Coast trains impacted between Rugby and Milton Keynes Central.
London Northwestern Railway said its Marston Vale line between Bedford and Bletchley would be suspended until at least this Sunday because of the deluge.
The Environment Agency had 32 warnings for ‘expected’ flooding and 95 alerts for ‘possible’ flooding in place for England today – including six across Greater London.
It comes after parts of Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and…
