That won't help the post-holiday blues! Dozens of cars parked at Heathrow Airport are submerged by floodwaters

By SOPHIA STANFORD, NEWS REPORTER Published: 01:00, 14 May 2026 | Updated: 01:15, 14 May 2026 A car park has been flooded at London Heathrow Airport, with passengers advised to contact their insurers over potential damage. Footage appeared to show a section of Heathrow car park and an adjacent road covered in deep water due to a ‘localised water issue’. At a particularly deep section, it appeared that several cars had their front tyres entirely submerged, with some headlights covered too. It is not immediately clear what the extent of the damage to cars is and whether the water would have reached the engines but Heathrow said affected drivers should ‘contact their parking operator and, if necessary, their motor insurer’. Several workmen were at the scene on Wednesday morning and the airport confirmed that the issue has now been resolved. Heathrow is the largest hub in the country and saw 7.2million passengers travelling through in December alone. The video which had been circulating on social media was captioned ‘imagine landing at heathrow today only to find your car like this’. One person commented: 'Got back to the car to find my headlights dipped and the engine flooded!' A car park and an adjacent road has been flooded at London Heathrow Airport, with passengers advised to contact their insurers over potential damage caused by a ‘localised water issue’ At a particularly deep section, it appeared that several cars had their front tyres entirely submerged, with some headlights covered too Another wrote: ‘Partially submerged is a stretch. It's 9-10 inches deep max’ One user added: ‘Imagine the post holiday depression already starting to kick in then you come back to this jeez’ A Heathrow spokesperson said: ‘Yesterday morning, a localised water issue affected a Heathrow car park, operated by a third-party parking provider. ‘The issue has since been resolved. ‘We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused and advise that passengers who believe their vehicle may have been affected should contact their parking operator and, if necessary, their motor insurer.’ The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.