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Thousands of homes and businesses have been left without water or facing low pressure after a huge water main burst in east London.
Fourteen postcodes across east London and Essex are currently affected after a large water main burst on Chigwell Road in South Woodford on Sunday morning.
The affected areas are E10, E11, E17, E18, E4, IG10, IG2, IG4, IG5, IG6, IG7, IG8, IG9 and RM4.
Thames Water has not said how many residents have been hit by the outage, but a bottled water station has been opened for affected customers.
The station is at Fairlop Ice Kingdom on Fairlop Road, where pictures show queues of residents waiting in their cars to collect supplies.
Engineers worked through the night to repair the burst main, with crews still on site on Monday evening carrying out excavation work and fitting replacement pipework on Daisy Lane.
Thames Water said its teams were also delivering bottled water directly to vulnerable customers' homes who are registered on its Priority Services Register.
The company has apologised for the disruption and warned that even when supplies return, customers could initially experience lower-than-normal water pressure while the network recovers.
An update on the repairs is expected at 9am on Tuesday.
Thames Water said engineers are continuing to work to restore supplies and complete repairs to the damaged pipe on Chigwell Road.
A spokesperson for Thames Water said: “Our teams are making good progress with the repair at Chigwell Road, which will support our efforts to restore water supplies overnight. Repairs at Daisy Road are also ongoing.
“Our specialist teams will remain on site throughout the night and continue working hard to complete the repair as quickly and safely as possible.
“The bottled water station will reopen at 9:00am tomorrow morning: Fairlop Ice Kingdom, Fairlop Road, Ilford, IG6 3HN.