Swathes of central and south London spent the night marinating in kilolitres of sewerage. Mmm. Tasty.

Kennington in Central London going underwater (sewage?!) right now: pic.twitter.com/VXB4Voxpo0

— Lewis Whyld (@LewisWhyld) February 27, 2014

‘Sewage pouring into homes’ as burst water main causes flooding in #ClaphamRoad https://t.co/580iCf3GY6 pic.twitter.com/iFUEpvSW05

— Evening Standard (@standardnews) February 27, 2014

Another view of the deepening problem in South London as sewage flows down the streets: pic.twitter.com/K3t6xvWaqG

— Lewis Whyld (@LewisWhyld) February 27, 2014

People now getting trapped by sewage in South London, firefighters evacuating properties: pic.twitter.com/vE9qzaYr33

— Lewis Whyld (@LewisWhyld) February 27, 2014

Flood defences arrive?! pic.twitter.com/4gQhkZ6Bgf

— Lewis Whyld (@LewisWhyld) February 27, 2014

More houses now being evacuated water getting much deeper pic.twitter.com/FNTqr35NNe

— Lewis Whyld (@LewisWhyld) February 27, 2014

Looks like it’s half way up this lower door #londonpoo pic.twitter.com/bLsb3gPXPk

— Lewis Whyld (@LewisWhyld) February 27, 2014

More firefighters arrive as #londonpoo starts flowing down more streets in South London pic.twitter.com/0UGZ02ItMa

— Lewis Whyld (@LewisWhyld) February 27, 2014

Update: A spokeswoman for Thames Water today denied that the oderous brown liquid was in fact sewerage. She said: “Last night a pipe carrying clean drinking water burst, leading to flooding on Clapham Road. The burst caused soil under the road to move and this is what makes the water look brown. It is not sewage. “Our engineers have been working through the night and will continue to focus all efforts on getting the area back to normal. We’re really sorry to those affected by the burst.”

[Source : Gawker]