Heavy rain has hit Swindon over the weekend and a flood warning has been put in place.

Downpours reportedly overwhelmed drains in some streets in the early hours of Sunday, September 8 after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning due to the potential disruption the wet weather could cause.

The government issued a flood warning for the River Cole, Dorcan Brook and South Marston Brook down to above Buscot Wick after river levels rose overnight.

Now flooding of low lying land and roads is expected, especially in the Lower Stratton area of Swindon near the River Cole.

On the other side of town, Montagu Street in Rodbourne flooded for the first time this year.

Lee Walker told the Adver that the deluge occurred almost one year to the day after a previous flood in 2023.

He said the road “floods often” but homes on the street have not flooded since 2006.

He added: “No one’s houses got flooded, luckily, but if it has carried on for another 20 or 30 minutes, then it would have happened.

“With regards to regularity, it’s probably down to climate change because we seem to be getting more storms.

“It doesn't help either that this part of the road has rainwater diverted to it from other areas because we are at the lower end of the streets.

"We get the run off from the community centre car park and the next street up.

“Once the rain stops, the water is gone in less than 30 minutes, the drains just can't handle the volume of water.

“A couple of people on neighbouring streets had water come into their kitchens."

The wet weekend followed three consecutive days of heavy rain which started on Thursday, September 5 and lashed different areas of southern England and Wales.

By 10am on Sunday, the worst of the water had drained away, leaving wet patches on the roads and puddles on footpaths.

Further afield, the Environment Agency issued 17 flood alerts across Devon, Cornwall and the East Midlands and 100mm of rain fell in some parts of the region.

The following week should be much dryer, with little chance of rain, some sunny spells expected on Monday and cloudy skies with the occasional sunny intervals throughout the rest of mid-September as temperatures range from six to 18 degrees Celsius.