Since December, the county has been suffering from flooding.

The Thames and the River Windrush have burst their banks leaving towpaths severely flooded and some residents woke up to find their homes and gardens full of water.

Last weekend, people in Oxfordshire were urged to take ‘immediate action’ to protect their homes and family from rapidly rising floods.

On Thursday 11 flood warnings were in place meaning flooding is expected and immediate action is required. There were also 25 flood alerts for the county meaning flooding is possible in these areas.

On Wednesday drone footage revealed the extent of the flooding in South Oxfordshire.

Jamie Horner, from Brightwork Photography, used his drone to capture pictures of the flooding both in Abingdon and Culham Lock.

This is how our readers responded to the shocking footage.

Mandi Mountford: “Stop building the houses and estates there is nowhere for the rain to drain away.”

Mark Lfc Lundregan: “Housing developments should be held accountable for house flooding.”

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Sarah Williams commented with a video of a flooded path next to a house and said: “All because part of a brook is not cleared, and the environment agency said they can’t do anything until there are houses flooded.

"Well houses did flood, yet it was residents out trying to help each other.”

Julian Cooper: “For the householders absolutely. But for the traditional flood meadows this is the lifeblood of them, and the wildlife that depends on them.

“It also shows the financial value of the meadows. The flooding would be catastrophic with millions of pounds worth of damage if it weren’t for these vital areas.”

Brian Rawlinson: “Build on known flood plains and expect repercussions.”

Karen Kaz Musilová: “Our horses are currently in the barn (higher ground) due to flooding. We are just grateful that our house does not flood as well.

“Our area is flooding so much worse and frequently these days, no doubt due to building on floodplains.”

Mark Gardner: “The issues relating to this is lack of maintenance on rivers and canals.

“Oxford is a natural floodplain hence the name derived from Oxon crossing the ford the city centre was built on higher ground, yet over time development has meant that floodplains have been used for housing which means that water has to disperse into limited areas.

“Once these areas become saturated the water levels rise causing flooding.

“This year has been worse following the weather in later part of 2019 into 2020 the water table reached high level which did not reduce over the summer of 2020 due to the pandemic.

“More rain is due between now and April unless we have a very dry spring levels will continue to rise as the ground is as you see it today.

“Someone needs to be accountable can't just keep on brushing things under the carpet to save money.”

Some readers using a pseudonym left comments on the Oxford Mail website.

Phil S: “This is a direct consequence of climate change (as forecast), and unless significant reductions in carbon emissions take place it will only persist.”

WESTOXYELLOW: “It is mainly down to poor water and river management and over building on the land.”

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