The flooded Shrewsbury garden with swans and ducks

The sofa is raised on bricks, the plug sockets are soaked, and in the 'engulfed' garden, swans and ducks swim right up to the window.

For Chris Allen in flooded Shrewsbury on Monday, this was the new normal.

Another foot of water, he said, and "we'll really be in trouble".

24 February 2020