Heavy rain warning over the River Severn could mean more flooding in Shropshire
A wet weather warning for western parts of Shropshire and a huge swathe of mid Wales could mean more flood risks in the region in the coming days.
The Met Office has declared a yellow weather warning for heavy rain between 6am and 10pm on Tuesday.
While the warning takes in only the triangle of Shropshire between Oswestry, Shrewsbury and towards Welshpool, the amount of rain expected to fall in mid Wales will affect the height of the River Severn throughout Shropshire and further downstream.
Rain will fall into tributaries of the already swollen rivers Vyrnwy and Severn.
The current high water levels travelling through Shropshire in the Severn have so far not brought major flood problems but with more rain falling on already saturated land that could change.
Flood barriers have been delivered to Ironbridge this weekend but have not yet been deployed.
In Shrewsbury, the flood warning at West Mid Showground has been removed and an Environment Agency expert said the peak has passed through the town. Further up the river, near Edgerley west of Nesscliffe, fields in the vicinity of the river were under water and some roads in the Crew Green and Melverley area were flooded.
Yesterday Shropshire saw flood warnings for the Severn-Vyrnwy confluence, the River Severn the full length of the county and for the Tern and Perry and Upper Teme. There was also a flood alert in place for the entire length of the River Dee from the Welsh mountains to Chester and on the Vrynwy catchment and Upper Severn in Powys.
