Rescue services were wading waist deep through the street and cars parked on the street had their lights and wipers come on automatically, by the electrical shortcut caused by the flood waters reaching as high as the windshields.
Once I returned from work in the afternoon, the flow of water continued into the river, but the flow to the street had been slowed down with sandbags. Compared to the morning it seemed like hardly any water, but it was still more than what you'd expect in your average rainfall.
There will dozens of police cars, fire brigade trucks and all sorts of flood defence vehicles parked along Lea Bridge Road. Work lights and generators were going up and pumps were turned on to start what must be a long and difficult clean up operation.