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Ironbridge is a town on the River Severn, at the heart of the Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire, England. It lies in the civil parish of The Gorge, in the borough of Telford and Wrekin. Ironbridge developed beside, and takes its name from, The Iron Bridge, a 30-metre cast iron bridge that opened in 1781.

West Midlands flooding: "to get to Ten days of difficult conditions'

Feb 26,2020 3:48 pm

"an Additional 10 days of the difficult conditions" predicted for parts of The Midlands , and ravaged by floods.

There are fears, Shropshire and Worcestershire, where evacuations take place, will be further affected after Heavy Rain in Wales.

On Wednesday, the barriers holding back the River Severn at Ironbridge strapped in and water leaked.

Meanwhile, the same river defenses dominated in Bewdley , Worcestershire.

" Deputy Chief Constable Julian moss from West Mercia Police said at a press conference on Wednesday evening, The Force expected, its presence on the ground "to continue for the next 10 days", at least.

He said to stay of use of forces on the ground, in the "many places are still flooded and always have been predicted for some time", as more wet weather.

residents in the moorings area of Ironbridge evacuated

over night on the Tuesday, while the main flood protection in Bewdley was in the Beales Corner, an area of the city, saw the water from a swollen River Severn come over The Top .

About 40 properties were either flooded or threatened, and on Wednesday, some residents were rescued in a fire brigade dinghy, although 12 people selected in their homes to stay.

evacuated in Ironbridge , Shropshire, 35 houses were as an emergency measure, if a flood buckled barrier.

parts of the neighboring Shrewsbury were under water The Last Three Days , while parts of the Worcestershire flooded last week, in the course of storm Dennis.

A severe flood Warning remains in place for the moorings area of Ironbridge .

Bewdley was flooded on Tuesday night

Mr Moss, said: "We understand the devastation and the terrible effects of this unprecedented situation in our communities.

"the high water, occur very slowly and are likely to be replenished with additional rain over the weekend and at the end of the next week.

"We want to ask you, therefore, to take this into account in the preparation of accommodation for the Pets or livestock. "

elsewhere, high water has also seen:

Chris Bainger, from the Environment Agency , said: "We have a bit of a rest, we simply move the showers through the course of the next few days.

"But you come in Friday we have another band of rain comes through, which is going to be up in the Welsh mountains and that will come to us. perhaps Saturday.

"We have already planned, a further 10 days on the 24/7 manning of our incident room and operational staff of all of our obstacles. "

The River Severn has flooded in Shrewsbury

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