River levels have peaked and are now falling steadily at the Buildwas and Bridgnorth river gauges following Storm Darragh. However, flooding of roads and farmland continues. We expect flooding to affect low-lying land and roads adjacent to the river from Shrewsbury to Upper Arley. Locations that may be affected are Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge and Bridgnorth. Floodplain at Leighton starts to fill.
Observed peaks:- Welshbridge 4.13m on Monday morning 09/12/24, Buildwas 5.52m Monday overnight, 10/12/24 and Bridgnorth 4.61m Tuesday morning, 10/12/24.
Flood water could be deep and fast flowing, and therefore pose a risk to life. No further rainfall is forecast. We expect river levels to remain high in the coming days. We are closely monitoring the situation. Our incident response staff are checking defences.
This message will be updated by 09:00 on Thursday, 12/12/2024, or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 8:07am, Wednesday 11th December.
River Severn in Shropshire
Region: West Midlands
Country: England
Counties covered: Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, Worcestershire
Watercourses covered: River Severn
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for River Severn in Shropshire.
Note: the area shown on the map is the area covered by flood alerts and warnings. It is not a live map of current flooding. The area covered broadly equates to the area where the risk of flooding in any year is greater than 1% (the "hundred year" flood risk).
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