RESIDENTS of Lakeside Avenue in Lydney were close to disaster following torrential rain that hit the flood-risk estate on Saturday.

Rose Christodoulides said that Colin Legg, who works tirelessly to maintain the culvert behind his home during heavy rain, 'risked his life' trying to ensure properties along Lakeside Avenue didn't flood.

"We had a serious threat on Saturday morning, and I mean serious," she told Lydney Town Council.

"We were on the brink of it. Colin was on that trash green risking his life, because if he had slipped the force that it was coming down was extreme.

"It was over the main culvert and the overflow and it was actually into his garden.

"We were panicking, because had it not stopped raining, our homes would have been flooded again."

Rose is calling for further measures from local authorities to prevent flooding on her estate after attenuation works began on Monday."

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