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Flood alerts issued for Shropshire and Mid Wales as river levels rise

Shropshire and Mid Wales remain on flood alert today - with one Shropshire town's main long stay car park closed due to flooding.

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The constant rain has once again swelled river levels, causing Shrewsbury's Frankwell long stay car park to be closed off.

Christmas shoppers are being urged to use the park and ride service instead on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

Yesterday the Environment Agency prepared for flooding by erecting low level flood barriers at Frankwell for the second weekend running.

Severn Trent Water is also taking precautions. Meirion Turner, Severn Trent's operations lead for Shropshire and Powys, said: "We expect water levels will reach a high level as we head into the weekend, so we're setting up pumps nearby ready to deal with any problems.

"We want to make sure that we do everything we can to try to protect residential properties, major infrastructure and businesses in Shrewsbury from flooding."

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