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Summary

  • Floods close a number of roads and rail lines

  • Several schools have also been forced to shut

  • In parts of Shropshire, more than the average monthly rain fell in just 24 hours

  1. Listen for updates on local radiopublished at 12:26 British Summer Time

    Carlie Swain
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Shropshire

    You can also follow live radio updates on the flooding with Â鶹ԼÅÄ Hereford & Worcester and Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Shropshire.

    Our teams have been speaking to people across the region affected by the deluge.

    Media caption,

    The latest on the flooding situation in Shropshire.

  2. Pub became a community hub as river ran down roadpublished at 12:13 British Summer Time

    One Herefordshire village which was badly flooded yesterday was Ewyas Harold.

    Gino Fulgoni runs the Temple Bar Inn there and said neighbours, who had been there longer than him, said it was the worst they had seen in 20 years.

    "There was a river running down the road," he said.

    A street with a garden on the right hand side and brown water covering the street and church in the distanceImage source, Sarah Atkinson-Beddis

    Thankfully, he said the flood water didn't reach his pub and just "lapped up to the doorstep".

    But he said the other pub in the village needed to deploy flood defences and his own trade had been quiet.

    Instead, he said his pub "became almost a hub" and served coffees to people working to protect the village.

  3. Rail disruption continuespublished at 11:57 British Summer Time

    Rail services between Hereford and Shrewsbury have resumed, , but with delays expected until about 13:00 BST.

    Buses are replacing trains on the Shrewsbury to Birmingham line - again, until lunchtime.

    While passengers between Shrewsbury and Chester have been advised to use alternative lines after flooding closed that line.

  4. A view from Leintwardinepublished at 11:55 British Summer Time

    Cale Murray
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Hereford and Worcester

    Leintwardine in Herefordshire often floods like this. However, from what I can see looking down the road to the village, the river is still quite high.

    That means any rain in the next few days could make it worse with access to the village restricted, at least from this side, as both the A4110 and the A4113 are flooded.

    A flooded road with bushes on either side
  5. Town likely to remain flooded for coming dayspublished at 11:44 British Summer Time

    Emma Davies
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Hereford & Worcester

    Tenbury Wells has once again been badly hit by the flooding, and the Environment Agency has warned river levels are likely to remain high over the coming days

    It said its staff are checking defences and advised people in the town to move possessions and valuables off the ground or to safety and avoid contact with flood water.

    As you can see from this photo, water is covering the road and people are doing what they can to keep the water out with sandbags.

    A Spar shop with brown water covering the road in front of it and a red cone sitting in the water

    Despite the floodwater lapping around the front of his store, manager Will Slater said he would try to remain open because "people still need a pint of milk".

    He said the worst he had seen the flooding was in 2020 when the whole store flooded, but he said: "The town is never prepared."

    A man with a faint beard standing in front of a window with blue skies in the background

    As we were there, a delivery of sandbags arrived in a wheelbarrow, to Will's obvious pleasure.

    He said he would like to have had them before the flooding arrived though, and questioned whether local authorities had the budget to help any more.

  6. Drone pics show extent of Battlefield floodingpublished at 11:30 British Summer Time

    Carl Bishop posted these pictures of the flooding affecting the Battlefield area north of Shrewsbury.

    At least one car was abandoned trying to leave the service station, with water also covering the A49 and A53.

    Drone shot of Battlefield Service Station, Shrewsbury, with a car abandoned on its slip road, and water covering two roads off the roundabout.Image source, Carl Bishop

    In the other direction, the Battlefield Link Road under the railway bridge is all day.

    Even once deep floodwater subsides, the road will need cleaning before it reopens.

    Drone shot showing water deluging Battlefield Link Road north of Shrewsbury. A neighbouring field is also under water.Image source, Carl Bishop
  7. Beauty shop owner expecting the worstpublished at 11:18 British Summer Time

    Jules de Bere, who runs the Pure Beauty shop in Tenbury Wells, is expecting the worst as the river levels continue to rise there - and it could cost her thousands of pounds.

    She said she couldn't get insurance because the area regularly floods, but she had hoped the long-talked-about flood defences might have materialised by now.

    A woman with blonde curly hair and a green jacket standing in front of a white building with a white-framed window. window and a blue sign

    Ms de Bere moved into the property three months ago after previously being set up in the building next door and said flooding had become "inevitable".

    But she added: "We all thought we were going to get flood defences, we all thought we were going to get pumps for the cellars and boards for the doors and we thought we were going to be OK."

  8. Flooding affects roads around Shrewsburypublished at 11:07 British Summer Time

    Crews from Shropshire Council are pumping water away from Battlefield roundabout north of Shrewsbury, where traffic has been affected on several approaches to the aware since yesterday.

    The service station, A49 and A5124 approaches all suffered flooding on Wednesday which remained on Thursday morning. The A5124 Link Road will remain closed all day while the water is cleared and road cleaned.

    In the town centre, Frankwell car park has been closed due to to the risk of flooding from the river.

    Cars proceed through shallow water on a main roadImage source, Â鶹ԼÅÄ Weather Watchers / Lou

    Lou sent this picture to Â鶹ԼÅÄ Weather Watchers, showing cars approaching Preston Island to the east of Shrewsbury.

  9. Flood warnings as river levels risepublished at 10:54 British Summer Time

    The rain might have stopped in many areas, but river levels are continuing to rise, the Environment Agency is warning.

    It has put out Flood Warnings for the rivers Vyrnwy, Teme, Wye, Lugg and Arrow, plus the Rea Brook in Shrewsbury.

    There are lesser Flood Alerts too, including along the Severn.

    A map of the West Midlands with red and orange markers to show areas affected by floodingImage source, Gov.uk

    The weather is expected to remain unsettled over the weekend and people should check for , the Environment Agency says.

  10. Prediction of less flooding over coming monthspublished at 10:49 British Summer Time

    David Gregory-Kumar
    Science & environment correspondent, Â鶹ԼÅÄ Midlands Today

    With flooding hitting Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire once again, what are the prospects for the winter months ahead?

    The Environment Agency and the Met Office have been talking me through what they expect to happen in the run up to new year.

    They said since everything is currently pretty soggy we do expect flooding as we head into the middle of October and that's exactly what we're seeing now. But will this continue?

    Well, the forecasters say we might actually avoid a really bad winter for floods because later on this month and into early November the forecast is for a more settled dry and cold spell which should let everything dry out.

    With rainfall predictions erring towards normal for the run up to Christmas the hope is we may well avoid a repeat of the last few years.

    Localised events are still possible within these predictions but overall, the experts say we shouldn't see widespread flooding over the next three months.

  11. Town rallies to help travellers stranded by floodingpublished at 10:39 British Summer Time

    When flood water washed over roads and the railway line at Church Stretton in Shropshire yesterday, it left many travellers stranded.

    They were left looking for somewhere to stay and Sarah Knight, the landlord of The Bucks Head pub was one of those to help out.

    She said some travellers stayed in her rooms and she asked around various bed and breakfasts to find places for others.

    Here you can see the flood water washing over the A49 close to the town.

    A view through a car windscreen of water on a road with grass on either side and a silver car in front driving through the brown waterImage source, Kate Fraser

    Ms Knight also asked residents if they could make a room available and said: "Four couples that have stayed in various places in people's homes because they couldn't get anywhere."

    But not everyone was lucky and she added: "Unfortunately I think there were a few people that had to sleep in their cars in the car park."

  12. South Shropshire bears brunt of school closurespublished at 10:29 British Summer Time

    The Shropshire primary schools closed by flooding are :

    • Bishop's Castle
    • Burford
    • Chirbury
    • Clunbury
    • Newcastle
    • Norbury
    • Onny
    • Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary
    • St George's in Clun
    • St Mary's in Bucknell
    • Stiperstones
    • Wistanstow
    • Lydbury North is "partially open".
  13. Roads closed and rail services affectedpublished at 10:26 British Summer Time

    Ed Bradford, who is responsible for roads at Herefordshire Council, said 21 roads were closed and described it as a "rapidly changing situation".

    He added they were "starting to see these events happening more frequently", but it was difficult to predict where flash flooding would happen.

    "It's not just about drainage capacity," he added.

    More roads have been closed in Shropshire and Worcestershire and the emergency services have once again advised people not to risk driving through flood water.

    And then there is the railway - this photo was shared by West Midlands Railway, showing the line at Wellington in Shropshire.

    Railway tracks barely visible below brown waterImage source, West Midlands Railway

    Rail services between Shrewsbury and Wellington have also been affected by flooding on the track at Wellington.

    West Midlands Railway said it was likely to mean a bus replacement service for people travelling between Shrewsbury and Wolverhampton and it couldn't say when the line would reopen.

  14. School closures due to floodingpublished at 10:20 British Summer Time

    This morning we have 12 schools closed or partially closed in Shropshire, 11 in Herefordshire and another one in Worcestershire.

    They include Peterchurch School in Herefordshire, which said it would remain closed on Thursday and Friday, on the advice of the fire service, while water was pumped out of the building.

    Head teacher Nia Powell said closing a school "is not something taken lightly", but she added: "When we have water pouring into the building it’s not safe."

  15. Flooding in Shrophire, Herefordshire and Worcestershirepublished at 10:12 British Summer Time

    Andy Giddings
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ News

    The rain we've had over the last couple of days has been causing some serious disruption across Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

    Roads, schools and railway lines have been closed and we'll be bringing you the latest news, plus stories from the people affected.