Roads become danger zone


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.
Drivers take it steadily in poor visibility on the M54 towards Telford this morning.
A rising flood blocks the road at Forden, near Welshpool.
Schoolchildren make their way through the streams of water on Dale Road, Ironbridge, which was closed because of flooding.
Extensive flooding spills over a small country lane near Buttington.
Drivers negotiate their way through dangerous flooding on Telford's Apley Island.
Heavy spray and flooding on the main A458 road between Trewern and Welshpool.
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.
The road into Cosford from the M54 island was impassable next to the petrol station. Picture by David Page.