An Oxfordshire school is closed today (June 12) due to flooding.

St Amand's Catholic Primary School in Wantage have reported the emergency closure.

This comes after a weekend of record temperatures and thunderstorms.

A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms remains in place, meaning that torrential downpours are expected at around 5pm.

Today, temperatures will reach a maximum of 25C at 3pm and is expected to remain around 21C at 9pm.

The yellow weather warning is expected to remain in place on Tuesday.

Tomorrow, the maximum temperature is expected to be 28C and on Wednesday more sunshine will follow with a maximum temperature of 26C expected.

Yesterday, severe downpours led to flooding at Didcot Parkway and buses were unable to serve the stop.

Lightning strikes were also recorded over Faringdon and West Oxfordshire.