Indian summer hope washed away
Thursday 4th September 2008, 10:59AM BST.
Hopes of an Indian Summer for Shropshire were in tatters today after forecasters predicted yet more dreary weather for the county.
The miserable weather looks set to continue with Atlantic storms expected to batter Britain from today onwards.
Heavy rain and gusting winds are expected to lash the country, with forecasters predicting that some areas will suffer localised flooding.
Shropshire is facing a cloudy and wet weekend, while a string of flood watch warnings have been imposed by the Environment Agency.
It issued a flood watch on the Severn Vyrnwy confluence, on the Shropshire/Powys border. Farmers in the Melverley, Maesbrook and Llandrinio area moved sheep and cattle from low lying fields.
Flood warnings were in place this morning for the River Severn at Pentre and Edgerley, with another on the River Vyrnwy near Melverley and Kinnerley.
The rain is a blow to farmers making silage for animal fodder. Floodwater would ruin the grass needed.
The fresh weather misery comes as children return to school and follows one of the darkest, wettest Augusts on record.
South-west England and Wales will bear the brunt of tomorrow’s storms with 50mm of rain and 50mph winds expected.
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