Croydon’s Factory Lane tip has reopened two weeks after it was battered by Storm Eunice and forced to close.

Croydon Council made the decision to close the borough’s main tip “for everyone’s safety” while repairs were carried out.

But on Friday (March 4) the tip reopened to the public.

Councillor Muhammad Ali, cabinet member for sustainable Croydon, said: “Repair work at Factory Lane has been completed and it is now open.”

For the two weeks it was closed residents had to visit Fishers Farm or Purley Oaks tips, which were still open.

But at the time, the council warned they would be busier than usual.

When the council announced the closure, it said: “For everyone’s safety we have taken the decision to close the Factory Lane Household Refuse and Recycling Centre until repairs can be completed to fix damage done during Storm Eunice. We are working to get the site open as quickly as possible.”

The storm hit the capital on Friday, February 18 and affected many council services and transport in Croydon. Londoners were advised to only travel if necessary and warned to stay at home as the storm caused a “danger to life”.

Winds of 110 miles per hour were recorded as the UK was battered by the worst storm in 30 years.

Over the border in Lambeth, residents on the Central Hill Estate were still living in darkness 10 days after the storm brought down a huge tree, blocking daylight through the windows of many residents.

Lambeth Council the told Local Democracy Reporting Service that there had more than 150 incidents to deal with and would send out a crane to remove the tree.

One Londoner was sadly killed in the storm.

Juliana Da Silva Queiroz Murilo, 37, died on Friday, February 18 at 4pm in the passenger seat of her husband’s cab, as gale-force winds brought a tree down on the car in Muswell Hill, North London.