Flash flooding caused chaos in London last night with roads turned to rivers, cars abandoned and homes evacuated.

Travel was widely disrupted in the capital with a number of tube stations including Chalk Farm, Sloane Square and Wimbledon closed.

Some disruption has continued into this morning, with the Circle Line out of action and part of the District Line, Hammersmith and City Line and Overground closed.

Euston Station was shut down following heavy downpours on Monday evening but services appeared to have resumed this morning.

Shocking pictures and images showed swathes of north and south west London under water.

One video shared on social media showed water pouring down the steps into Sloane Square tube station.

The floods appeared to hit areas in the south west and north west of the city hardest, including Hampstead, Friern Barnet and Wimbledon.

Videos and images shared on social media showed drivers struggling to pass through streets which had become submerged, with some cars abandoned.

Some homes in Westminster were evacuated by emergency services after areas including Colville Terrace, Holland Road and Ladbroke Grove suffered heavy flooding and the ceilings of some properties collapsed.

In Primrose Hill, residents were even photographed swimming in ponds created by the floods.

Videos showed London’s famous Portobello Road transformed into a river with deep water flowing down the street.

Meanwhile in North Kensington, tenants living in Lancaster West Estate said that the floods had caused a manhole cover to blow off, leading to “water and raw sewage” flowing in the building.

London Fire Brigade said it had received more than 1,000 calls regarding the flooding and had sent firefighters to carry some walkers to safety after they became stranded in roads flooded from water pouring off Hampstead Heath.

Outside of London, Preston also experienced flooding, with part of the M6 closed to traffic temporarily on Monday afternoon.

Some residents reported a pub being flooded, while a local girls high school said it would be closed on Tuesday because of “significant flooding”.

The weather is due to dry up on Tuesday, with temperatures expected to reach up to 24C in central and southern parts of England on Tuesday. In the North East of England and east Scotland, weather is likely to be grey in the morning but will brighten up as the day goes on, according to the Met Office.

Northern England and Scotland will remain cooler, reaching top temperatures of 18C, but showers will be much less frequent.

Wednesday could bring even higher temperatures, with 26C predicted in the South of England and the North enjoying temperatures of 24C.