Shropshire Star

Bird's eye view of the floods

The weather has thrown everything at us over the last few days and now the River Severn is groaning under the strain.

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Shropshire Star reader Karen Curly Rogers took this photo of the floods from Llanymynech Hill

Heavy rain and melting snow on saturated ground has caused surface water flooding and both the Rivers Vyrnwy and Severn are over-topping their banks.

The Environment Agency has issued flood alerts for the Severn and Vyrnwy confluence on the Shropshire/Powys border and further downstream on the Severn throughout the county.

It says that the high water levels could mean flooding on lanes between Pentre and Melverley and also in Gravel Hill Lane in Shrewsbury.

Water levels were expected to peak at Montford Bridge on Tuesday morning and at the Welsh Bridge in Shrewsbury at lunchtime before moving downstream to Buildwas.

Visitors to Llanymynech Hill near Oswestry are being given a bird's eye view of just how much water there is on fields in the Severn Valley.

Karen Curly Rogers from Pant, took this spectacular photograph from the toposcope on the highest point of the hill.

"You don't realise just how much flooding there is until you get to a vantage point like this," she said.

The weather forecast is for some rain this week but nowhere near recent rainfall levels. Temperatures are expected to be mild before dropping for the weekend.