Streets flood and roads shut as Storm Bert strikes

Streets have flooded, roads closed and transport disrupted after Storm Bert continued across the Midlands.

The Kyre Brook in Tenbury Wells rose causing a wall to collapse in the Worcestershire town. Roads across Herefordshire including the B4203 at Bromyard have shut.

The rail line from Birmingham to Shrewsbury was blocked for a time due to flooding on the tracks and services between Birmingham Snow Hill and Stratford-upon-Avon were disrupted. The line was also blocked between Worcester Foregate Street and Hereford.

A man had to be rescued from his car in Walsall during the morning. West Midlands Fire Service has warned people to not to drive through flood water.

Cars were left stranded as flood water swept through a street in Tenbury Wells.

The moment the flood wall on the Kyre Brook was breached was captured live on the Farson Digital Watercams feed, at 11:40 GMT.

Fire crews said they were called to Bridgeman Street in Walsall during the early hours to rescue an elderly motorist stranded in flood water. The motorist was unharmed.

Flooding also blocked rail lines between Walsall and Rugeley Trent Valley and a fallen tree at Earlswood blocked the track between Stratford and Shirley.

In Shropshire, the A49 was closed in both directions between B4371 Church Stretton and A4103 Holmer due to significant flooding, while Frankwell Main and Riverside car parks in Shrewsbury were closed due to rising river levels.

The Environment Agency has issued 23 flood warnings and more than 45 flood alerts across the West Midlands, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire.

As river levels are expected to remain high flood barriers were being put up in Bewdley, Worcestershire, and around Herefordshire.

A yellow warning of wind is in place until the end of Sunday which may cause disruption.

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