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Worcester, Worcestershire, England 2:12am Tuesday 1 September 2020. A shuttle bus service… The river water in the Barbourne area at 05:00 was 5.67m (18ft 7in), above the 5.64m level reached in July 2007. Man thinks he’s discovered a ‘crocodile’ in flood-hit Worcester. Upton-upon-Severn CE Primary School and Hanley Castle High School in Worcester have been closed for the rest of the week.Riversides School in Worcester was shut on Thursday.A number of other schools announced closures via Worcestershire County Council's The decision over Hanley Castle High School was "due to serious concerns about the safety and viability of journeys to and from school", the council said.A number of roads are closed because of water, landslips and fallen trees.Peterchurch, Madley, Hampton Bishop, Holme Lacy and Hoarwithy are particularly badly affected in Herefordshire.More than an inch of rain fell on parts of the county on Wednesday.The flood barriers in Upton are coping well, BBC Hereford and Worcester reported, but the water is rising at the bottom of Tunnel Hill - the opposite side of town to the river.One resident called Rowan, who has put in his own flood defences, said they were holding the rising level of water back but only just.He said: "We had to do quite a few modifications yesterday [Wednesday] because it was starting to come over the top of them.
The River Severn in flood-hit Worcester has reached its highest level in recent years. These are external links and will open in a new windowThe River Severn in flood-hit Worcester has reached its highest level in recent years.The river water in the Barbourne area at 05:00 was 5.67m (18ft 7in), above the 5.64m level reached in July 2007.It is the highest level reached since Environment Agency records began.The agency said flood defences "in Worcester town are holding with levels now slowly decreasing" and it had no fears about the river coming over the top of flood defences there.By 14:00 GMT the river had dropped to 5.58m (18ft 4in) at the Barbourne gauge.Flood warnings are in place for the River Wye from Hereford to Ross-on-Wye and several stretches of the River Teme.Hundreds of properties in the two counties have been without power.Mark Shaw, network services manager from Western Power Distribution, said around 500 properties were still without power, mainly in small villages in Herefordshire, but they hoped to restore service by the evening.The city council is on "emergency footing", meaning it will move some of its resources away from day-to-day work and focus on preparing for when the water levels start to fall.Earlier the army arrived in Worcester to provide extra support to flood victims.A spokesman confirmed 100 troops had been deployed to the city with 300 more placed on standby.
However, we are not expecting to see anything more severe than we already have. Over the past few days Storm Dennis has seen flood waters take over and the City of Worcester itself is heavily underwater and Worcestershire … Worcester Floods has 8,343 members. [I'm] selling more local papers. The following flood-resistant construction practices are strictly enforced by this Department in "A" flood hazard zones, regardless of the building's site elevation. Worcester is under water again. Pumps are in operation on Hylton Road in Worcester A tractor has been battling through the water in Hylton Road River and sea levels are regularly checked by a network of monitoring stations. Enter a postcode or place to …
"Supt Mark Travers, from West Mercia Police, said the decision to bring the army into Worcester was "not usual" but indicated "the scale of the situation".In Worcestershire and Herefordshire 21 flood warnings are in place for the Severn, Avon and Wye.The Environment Agency said the Wye in Hereford had peaked at 4.5m (14.7 feet) at 11:30 GMT.Dave Throup, agency manager for Herefordshire and Worcestershire, said: "We are not expecting the river to go up very much in Worcester but we are expecting river levels to rise quite quickly on the Wye, the Teme and possibly the Avon.
Worcestershire and Herefordshire flooding in pictures Worcestershire floods: Latest on Thursday 13 February 2014 Worcestershire flooding: Water could top barriers Worcestershire flooding: 'No end in sight' as rivers rise Worcestershire river levels due to rise until Tuesday Worcester city centre roads closed 'for a week' by floods Woman rescued from flooded house in Worcestershire "Marilyn Lloyd, 63, from the Commandary, an area in Worcester city centre, had used the shuttle bus to cross town.She said her partner had recently died and the floods made her grief worse.She said: "I only buried him yesterday and I felt this morning I really had to see my daughter for a bit of moral support, so I knew I had to cross town somehow."
The Teme is the worst affected and … Troops from The Royal Irish Regiment First Battalion were deployed to Worcester An otter was seen in a canal in Worcester There was "unprecedented" flooding on some of the rivers and streams in Worcestershire, the Environment Agency said. Dramatic aerial pictures reveal the shocking extent of flooding in the city of Worcester with every sports field and most roads under several feet of water.The River Severn reached its highest ever level of 5.77m (19ft) on Thursday (27/2) after another night of heavy rain - with more downfalls forecast "Maryann Scamp, 56, from the Arboretum area of Worcester, said she was walking her dog at about 07:45 GMT, when someone spotted an otter in a canal in the city.Peter Case, water and wetlands officer with Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, said it was not rare for otters to use the canals in Worcester, but the fact they have been spotted out in the open suggested the floods were affecting them.Residents of Lea, in Herefordshire, said their homes had been flooded by foul water and called on the Environment Agency to deal with the village drains.Steve Banner said: "The village was awash with sewage. Due to the significant rainfall and consequent flooding, several key local roads, including the Worcester Road Bridge, are now closed to cars. "Peter Richardson, owner of Richardsons newsagent in St John's, said his garden at home on Hylton Road was "well flooded" but he had never been flooded in the house.He added: "The journey to work was easier than usual because there was no traffic. "So [we had] lots of family and friends round so we managed to extend them up another five or six inches.
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