Latest Shropshire river levels as flood barriers go up along the River Severn
After a week of snow and a series of heavy downpours, river levels around the country are continuing to rise.
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Six flood warnings and five flood alerts are currently in place around Shropshire, and preparations for flooding are underway.
Shropshire Council has closed the Frankwell Riverside and main car parks and flood barriers have been deployed in Ironbridge.
A flood warning is currently in place for the River Severn at the Showground and The Quarry in Shrewsbury.
As of Monday lunchtime, the Severn at Welshbridge was measuring 3.2m, half a metre above the top of the 'normal' range. It was expected to peak between 3.4m and 4m on Tuesday morning.
Here, flooding of property is possible above 2.9m, with the highest ever level recorded at the river gauge at 5.25m in November 2000.
Downriver in Ironbridge, barriers were being installed along the Wharfage after a flood alert had been put in place.
At around 1.45pm on Monday, the river was measuring around 4m - that is 0.6m above the top of the 'normal' range. The Environment Agency (EA) estimates the river will peak between 5m and 5.4m on Tuesday morning.
The highest level recorded at the Buildwas measuring gauge was 7.04m in November 2000. The EA says that property flooding is possible when the river reaches around 4.8m.
River levels were still very much on the rise in Bridgnorth: as of 1.45pm the gauge here was reading 3.27m - around 0.3m below the top of the 'normal' range of 3.6m.
The EA expects the Severn to peak here between 3.9m and 4.3m on Tuesday afternoon. The river reached its highest level of 5.26m in Bridgnorth in November 2000.
Flood warnings are in place for the River Severn at Hampton Loade/Highley; Ironbridge and Jackfield; Quatford; Shrawardine, Montford Bridge and Mytton and the West Mid Showground/Quarry in Shrewsbury. There is also a warning in place for the River Vyrnwy at Melverley.
Several flood alerts for Shropshire have been removed. The ones which remain are for the Lower Teme, River Worfe, Severn/Vyrnwy confluence, Tern and Perry catchments and the River Severn throughout the county.
