Floods close a number of roads and rail lines
Several schools have also been forced to shut
In parts of Shropshire, more than the average monthly rain fell in just 24 hours
As roads and rail services start getting back to normal, we're ending our live coverage of the flooding in Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire.
You can get live travel and weather updates for your area during Toni McDonald's show through the afternoon on BBC Radio Shropshire and BBC Hereford & Worcester.
And there will be more reports on BBC Midlands Today at 18:30 BST.
Thanks for joining us.
Emma Davies
BBC Hereford & Worcester
Andy Rowley has told how two women got stuck in their car in flood water near his home on Old Hereford Road, Leominster: "Somehow they got out, I think before the fire brigade arrived this morning at about 09:30 or 10:00. We had two engines outside and about a dozen firemen."
He added: "No-one's injured which is good, but the car's going to be stuck there for a few days, I fear."
Mr Rowley told the BBC that numerous drivers had either driven through the water or turned round at the last minute, ignoring a "road closed" sign.
"To me, it should be properly blocked off with bollards or something. You'd still have some who would move the bollards, of course."
"Here, as we speak, is another car coming that either can't read or thinks he's going to make it."
Emma Davies
BBC Hereford & Worcester
Diana Harris, the owner of Soap Opera Hair Salon in Tenbury Wells, has been telling us about her surprise at the speed of the flooding there.
She said she was caught short without even a pair of boots and had to "buy some from the shop on the other side of the bridge".
Ms Harris said the River Teme had been "so low I thought there was no way it was going to flood this quick".
But it rose fast and she said: "You just haven't got a lot of time to prepare... It's quite frightening really."
With the river levels still high, she said she was "just standing by and seeing what happens," but expected it to cost her business hundreds of pounds in lost income.
Flooding is "very time-consuming, very tiring and very, very worrying," she said.
Here's the photo of the day - a fish lying in the middle of a road.
Jonathan Good told us he spotted it in standing water on the road between Church Stretton and Bridgnorth.
We don't know how the fish got there, but Jonathan thinks its a carp.
Image source, Jonathan GoodMotorists travelling through Worcestershire may want to set off earlier than usual, because there are still quite a few road closures.
The county council has full details, external on its website, but the roads affected include Teme Street in Tenbury Wells, Severn Side North in Bewdley and the A443 at Eardiston.
There are also problems at Eastham and Hanley Castle.
Trains have started running again between Shrewsbury and both Birmingham and Wrexham.
But operators are warning there could still be delays as things get back to normal.
Roads are starting to reopen, and Shropshire Council said the A49 at the Battlefield roundabout near Shrewsbury is clear in both directions.
The A53 is also open with one lane closure.
Elsewhere, the council has pictured these workers cleaning streets in Gobowen.
Image source, Shropshire CouncilBut congestion remains in parts of Shrewsbury, with a key route to the north - Battlefield Relief Road - likely to remain closed for the day.
The council is recommending drivers use the park and ride service to get into Shrewsbury.
Thank you to the BBC Weather Watchers who have been out and about to show us what is happening in their towns and villages.
Panman sent us this view from Eardisland in north Herefordshire where the street appears more suited to paddle-boarding than driving.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / PanmanThis view from Green Eyed Gaze in Hopesay, Shropshire, shows the extent of flooding in nearby fields.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers/Green Eyed GazeStep Counter was out in Bodenham, Herefordshire, at the height of the rainfall as water started to collect on roads and fields.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers/Step CounterIn Shrewsbury, these swans look ready to invade the town's main park, The Quarry, as the waters rise opposite the Boathouse pub.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers/SherlJan Lockett in Leominster has said her town was almost completely isolated by the flood water.
"We're all right in the town centre, but just on the outside almost every road coming in is cut off," she said.
She counted this flood as the third this year, after previous ones in March and April.
Ms Lockett also said she had a lot of sympathy for those who were seeing their homes flooded.
She said: "The fire engines have gone out several times this morning. It's just heartbreaking isn't it?
"I don't know how they clear up after all that, I really don't."
Richard Tisdale
BBC Radio Shropshire
Cara Edwards has been telling us about the flooding on her street in Bayston Hill near Shrewsbury.
She said the first she knew of it was when a neighbour sent her text messages, showing the floodwater.
"I got the kids, raced home and there was neighbours all out in the street," she said.
Image source, Cara EdwardsAlong with some other neighbours she said she collected three car-loads of sandbags to protect their homes.
"It's just mad and the water was so high," she said.
You can listen to the full interview with Cara here.
Carlie Swain
BBC Radio Shropshire
You can also follow live radio updates on the flooding with BBC Hereford & Worcester and BBC Radio Shropshire.
Our teams have been speaking to people across the region affected by the deluge.
The latest on the flooding situation in Shropshire.
One Herefordshire village which was badly flooded yesterday was Ewyas Harold.
Gino Fulgoni runs the Temple Bar Inn there and said neighbours, who had been there longer than him, said it was the worst they had seen in 20 years.
"There was a river running down the road," he said.
Image source, Sarah Atkinson-BeddisThankfully, he said the flood water didn't reach his pub and just "lapped up to the doorstep".
But he said the other pub in the village needed to deploy flood defences and his own trade had been quiet.
Instead, he said his pub "became almost a hub" and served coffees to people working to protect the village.
Rail services between Hereford and Shrewsbury have resumed, according to Transport for Wales, external, but with delays expected until about 13:00 BST.
Buses are replacing trains on the Shrewsbury to Birmingham line - again, until lunchtime.
While passengers between Shrewsbury and Chester have been advised to use alternative lines after flooding closed that line.
Cale Murray
BBC Hereford and Worcester
Leintwardine in Herefordshire often floods like this. However, from what I can see looking down the road to the village, the river is still quite high.
That means any rain in the next few days could make it worse with access to the village restricted, at least from this side, as both the A4110 and the A4113 are flooded.
Emma Davies
BBC Hereford & Worcester
Tenbury Wells has once again been badly hit by the flooding, and the Environment Agency has warned river levels are likely to remain high over the coming days
It said its staff are checking defences and advised people in the town to move possessions and valuables off the ground or to safety and avoid contact with flood water.
As you can see from this photo, water is covering the road and people are doing what they can to keep the water out with sandbags.
Despite the floodwater lapping around the front of his store, manager Will Slater said he would try to remain open because "people still need a pint of milk".
He said the worst he had seen the flooding was in 2020 when the whole store flooded, but he said: "The town is never prepared."
As we were there, a delivery of sandbags arrived in a wheelbarrow, to Will's obvious pleasure.
He said he would like to have had them before the flooding arrived though, and questioned whether local authorities had the budget to help any more.
Carl Bishop posted these pictures of the flooding affecting the Battlefield area north of Shrewsbury.
At least one car was abandoned trying to leave the service station, with water also covering the A49 and A53.
Image source, Carl BishopIn the other direction, the Battlefield Link Road under the railway bridge is expected to remain closed, external all day.
Even once deep floodwater subsides, the road will need cleaning before it reopens.
Image source, Carl BishopJules de Bere, who runs the Pure Beauty shop in Tenbury Wells, is expecting the worst as the river levels continue to rise there - and it could cost her thousands of pounds.
She said she couldn't get insurance because the area regularly floods, but she had hoped the long-talked-about flood defences might have materialised by now.
Ms de Bere moved into the property three months ago after previously being set up in the building next door and said flooding had become "inevitable".
But she added: "We all thought we were going to get flood defences, we all thought we were going to get pumps for the cellars and boards for the doors and we thought we were going to be OK."
Crews from Shropshire Council are pumping water away from Battlefield roundabout north of Shrewsbury, where traffic has been affected on several approaches to the aware since yesterday.
The service station, A49 and A5124 approaches all suffered flooding on Wednesday which remained on Thursday morning. The A5124 Link Road will remain closed all day while the water is cleared and road cleaned.
In the town centre, Frankwell car park has been closed due to to the risk of flooding from the river.
Image source, BBC Weather Watchers / LouLou sent this picture to BBC Weather Watchers, showing cars approaching Preston Island to the east of Shrewsbury.
The rain might have stopped in many areas, but river levels are continuing to rise, the Environment Agency is warning.
It has put out Flood Warnings for the rivers Vyrnwy, Teme, Wye, Lugg and Arrow, plus the Rea Brook in Shrewsbury.
There are lesser Flood Alerts too, including along the Severn.
Image source, Gov.ukThe weather is expected to remain unsettled over the weekend and people should check for flood warnings, external, the Environment Agency says.
David Gregory-Kumar
Science & environment correspondent, BBC Midlands Today
With flooding hitting Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire once again, what are the prospects for the winter months ahead?
The Environment Agency and the Met Office have been talking me through what they expect to happen in the run up to new year.
They said since everything is currently pretty soggy we do expect flooding as we head into the middle of October and that's exactly what we're seeing now. But will this continue?
Well, the forecasters say we might actually avoid a really bad winter for floods because later on this month and into early November the forecast is for a more settled dry and cold spell which should let everything dry out.
With rainfall predictions erring towards normal for the run up to Christmas the hope is we may well avoid a repeat of the last few years.
Localised events are still possible within these predictions but overall, the experts say we shouldn't see widespread flooding over the next three months.
