15/02/2014 BBC London News

to rain again but the blizzards in the Scottish mountains

It's not clear what caused the masonry to fall at around 11pm

yesterday but winds were, and continue to be, exceptionally

strong. Our reporter, Jean MacKenzie, sent this report from the

scene. Just after 11pm yesterday, the top of the stone coloured

building between the two red bricked buildings became dislodged by the

wind and fell down on top of the silver car. It appears that before

the incident, the stone coloured building looked like the two

surrounding it. You can see how much of the building came down. We

understand the car is a mini cab which was being driven by a female

driver in her late 40s. It has three passengers in the back. The female

passenger was able to free herself from the car but the other two

became trapped and were pulled out by firefighters. The driver of the

minicab then died. The passengers were taken to hospital and their

injuries are not believed to be life`threatening. Even at 11pm

yesterday, there would have been people around here. A passer`by was

hit and he was taken to hospital. This part of high hope and will

remain closed. That is why these firefighters are inspecting the

building and checking it is safe and investigators need to go onto the

site to find out what happened. As well as strong winds having an

impact across London, the floods continue to cause problems along the

Thames. 14 severe flood warnings remain force in parts of Berkshire,

Surrey and Buckinghamshire. In some places, river levels have reached

their highest for over 60 years meaning more significant flooding

should be expected. Earlier, our reporter, Nick Beake, spoke to the

Environment Agency about the situation. We have had another

strong storm coming through overnight. We have not had as much

rain as we thought. With a levels are still very high. On the River

Thames, we are beginning to see the levels dropped off. We do not think

we will see the levels go back to where they have been, which is good

news. We have heard how some communities have come together.

There has been anger at the authorities. Looking back, if we are

reaching the end of this, have you done all you can to keep people in

their homes? We have been working hard since September. We have

protected over 1.3 million people and have been working 24/7 over that

period with emergency services to try to make sure people are

protected in their property. The winds and floods continue to hamper

travel into and out of London. Let me give you a summary of the travel

news. First, the roads and the QEII Bridge across the Thames in Kent is

closed due to high winds. There are delays at London City Airport, with

some flights affected at Gatwick and Heathrow too. On the trains, there

are major problems in and out of Euston station to Birmingham and

Manchester. And First Great Western have disruption due to flooding at

Maidenhead, as the signal box is still out of action. Other train

services are also seriously disrupted, and you can get all the

very latest updates on our radio station BBC London 94.9 or our

website. A look at today's weather: And expect blustery showers with dry

spells in between. And the strong winds will ease slightly into

tonight. That's it. Join me again at ten past six tonight on BBC One

Good afternoon. It looks as though we could be heading towards a sunny

Sunday, something I assure we will all be grateful. What a store the!

In Berry head in Devon winds were in excess of 80 miles an hour. In

Heathrow airport, they were seeing winds of over 60 miles an hour.

These will ease through the rest of the day and we will have a few

decent showers to encounter. You can see this lump across the far north

and west, perhaps more of an organised line of showery rain which

is set to descend to south and east through the afternoon. There will