More than 108 tonnes of water every second are working their way down the river Severn as the region braces itself for another potential deluge in midweek.
The Environment Agency has people measuring the amount of water heading down the country's mightiest river and one of them recorded the massive bulge of water at Montford this afternoon
Rob Davies, a hydrometry and telemetry officer based in Shropshire but working all over the West Midlands, took what he called his first"high flow" measurement of the autumn. He tweeted that 108 cumecs were flowing down the River Severn at Montford this afternoon.Earlier today the Met Office named a weather system looming close to the country as Storm Babet, warning that many areas of the UK are set for another drenching.
At 7.08pm there were four flood alerts still active in the Shropshire area including the River Severn, the Severn Vyrnwy confluence and the Tern and Perry catchments. A warning for the river River Dee catchment in England from Whitchurch to Chester was removed this afternoon as water levels subside.Senior reporter at the Shropshire Star, focusing on the south of the county. Got a story? Get in touch at [email protected] hours ago3 hours ago
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