Flood alerts issued for London after River Thames bursts its banks

Ollie McAtee

The Thames Barrier has been closed to protect London from flooding (Picture: Rob Powell/LNP)

The Environment Agency has issued a number of flood warnings for a stretch of the River Thames after it burst its banks today.
The flood alerts are in place in areas from Greenwich to Putney.
A picture taken at Embankment shows an extremely high tide.

(Picture: Environment Agency)

The Thames barrier was shut yesterday to protect London in the wake of Storm Imogen.
Steve East, engineering manager at the Thames Barrier, said: ‘We are closing the barrier to protect London from the threat of flooding due to the high level of rain last week combined with high tides from the sea.’
The barrier is one of the world’s largest movable flood defences.

High Tide on Chiswick Mall this afternoon @AlanBarrierEA

Really high tides today, flood warnings for the Putney area

Here's a shot of the Embankment taken just now

  Alan ‏@AlanBarrierEA

The view from the #ThamesBarrier Control Room during today's closure. We're not expecting any closures tomorrow