Torrential rain and thunderstorms swept across the south of the UK on Sunday as shown in footage filmed in east London, bringing a summer heatwave to an end.

Enormous thunderclaps and forked lightning were accompanied by downpours that rapidly pooled in the roads In Hackney and flooded storm drains.

Flood warnings have been issued across London and the southeast, with rain set to continue for the next week.

The UK has been bathed in temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius for much of the past two weeks, with a predicted return in early August.

Torrential rain and thunderstorms swept across the south of the UK on Sunday as shown in footage filmed in east London, bringing a summer heatwave to an end.

Enormous thunderclaps and forked lightning were accompanied by downpours which rapidly pooled in the roads and flooded storm drains.

Flood warnings have been issued across London and the south-east, with rain set to continue for the next week.

The UK has bathed in temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius for much of the past two weeks, with a predicted return in early August.

Filmed on Barnabas Road, London, E9