Woman canoes across Hackney Wick car park after sudden flooding leaves homes and shops under water
A Hackney woman was forced to canoe across a car park outside her flat after floods hit East London. Original artwork and thousands of pounds of books were reportedly damaged by the flood, said to have been caused by the banks of a nearby canal bursting after a night of heavy rain. One resident described wading through water to rescue her pets and said she will have to replace “everything” on the ground floor. At 10.16pm on Thursday (January 4), 10 fire engines and around 70 firefighters were called to flooding over a 10-acre area in Hackney Wick, particularly affecting Dace Road and Wick Lane, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) said. Crews were on the scene until around 4.30am and LFB officers led to safety around 50 people, some of whom stayed in a nearby art gallery. A further 100 people were affected by the incident and the water reached 50cm deep at its peak, a senior firefighter said. READ MORE: The commuter town right on the edge of London that could be largely underwater by ...