Roads become danger zone

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A selection of pictures showing drivers struggling through rain-sodden Shropshire and Mid Wales as heavy rain continues to batter the region.

Residents watch with concern as cars struggle to get through 12in deep water on Waterloo Road, Ketley.

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Drivers take it steadily in poor visibility on the M54 towards Telford this morning.

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A rising flood blocks the road at Forden, near Welshpool.

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Schoolchildren make their way through the streams of water on Dale Road, Ironbridge, which was closed because of flooding.

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Extensive flooding spills over a small country lane near Buttington.

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Drivers negotiate their way through dangerous flooding on Telford's Apley Island.

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Heavy spray and flooding on the main A458 road between Trewern and Welshpool.

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A driver is forced to abandon their car after it becomes submerged in floods under the railway bridge in Albrighton - this road is now completely blocked. Picture by David Page.

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The road into Cosford from the M54 island was impassable next to the petrol station. Picture by David Page.

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