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Flooding possible. Be prepared.
Persistent rainfall over the next few days is forecasted to keep river levels high and may lead to flooding. Flooding is possible on 22 January 2026. Flooding may affect low lying land and roads around Halesowen, Stourbridge, Wombourne, Kingswinford and Kinver. We are monitoring rainfall and river levels and clearing weed screens. Avoid low lying roads near rivers, which may be flooded . Take care and avoid walking, cycling or driving through flood water. This message will be updated by 11:00AM on 23 January 2026 or as the situation changes.
Information supplied by the Environment Agency
This information last updated 11:41am, Thursday 22nd January.
River Stour and Smestow Brook in the Black Country and South Staffordshire
Region: West Midlands
Country: England
Counties covered: Dudley, Sandwell, Staffordshire, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire
Watercourses covered: River Stour, Smestow Brook
The area bounded in blue on the map shows the area covered by flood alerts and warnings for River Stour and Smestow Brook in the Black Country and South Staffordshire.
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).
No current or recent warnings.
No current or recent warnings.
No current or recent warnings.
No current or recent warnings.