These are the latest road closures around Worcestershire:

Forecasters are warning that as much as a month's rain could fall in the next 24 hours in places already flooded in the aftermath of Storm Dennis.

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The Environment Agency says there is a "heightened flood risk" across the Midlands, with six severe warnings , external- meaning a danger to life - still in place around the Rivers Lugg, Severn and Wye.

Dave Throup, the agency's manager for Hereford and Worcestershire, said the Wye flooding was more than half a metre higher than anything for 110 years.

"It's getting scary folks," he said on Twitter, external, adding that , external"what I've seen over the last few days isn't normal. It isn't even the new normal. It's going to get worse. We need to adapt and respond. And fast."

He said he was "so sorry for everyone whose life has been turned upside down".

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

After a cloudy start, heavy rain will move in which could turn to sleet or snow on high ground with highs of 7C (45F).

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BBC News

Welcome to our continuing coverage of flooding in the West Midlands.

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Met Office warnings for rain are in place, as 1,400 properties are already affected by floods.

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BBC News

We'll be back with more on the flooding from 07:00 tomorrow.

There's more heavy rain forecast for Bewdley tomorrow morning and the Environment Agency said it had been checking the flood defences this afternoon.

A number of roads have been closed in the town, because of the flooding, and Worcestershire County Council has a list of those affected on its website., external

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River levels are definitely falling now, but there's still plenty of water about.

These photos have been shared by BBC Weather Watchers in Highley and Kidderminster.

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We're forecast more rain overnight and tomorrow, and for some of us that could turn into hail.

There is also heavy rain forecast for mid-Wales, where the River Severn starts, so that water is due to work its way downstream over the coming days.

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All the main routes through Shrewsbury are now open to traffic again, Shropshire Council has said.

The council also said the bus station in the town centre has reopened and bus services were back to normal.

This is the view from its webcam on the Theatre Severn this evening.

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The risk of floodwater pouring over the top of the defences in Upton upon Severn is receding, the Environment Agency has said.

But it's going to keep a severe flood warning in place there until the river levels drop to about 5m. It measured 5.36m at the nearby Saxons Lode gauge at 17:00.

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The Environment Agency's Dave Throup said the scale and speed of this flood would "stay with me for the rest of my life".

He said the peak of the Severn has now passed Bewdley and was reaching Worcester, but the city wouldn't see a big rise in river levels.

The River Severn has been slowly falling in the Bridgnorth area today, but as you can see from this photo, the Riverside Caravan Park has been suffering from flooding.

Some good news - in a Facebook post the caravan park said all the caravans had "survived" and levels were falling.

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Bosses said they had visited the most vulnerable caravan and it was dry inside, but would be having another "canoe" around the site later.

The Environment Agency still has a flood warning in place for the town , externaland said the water levels were likely to remain high over the coming days, with more rain forecast.

This drone footage, taken today, shows the scale of flooding in Worcester, where larges areas in the city, including sports pitches, can be seen submerged in the wake of Storm Dennis.

Flooded communities in England and Wales are expecting more heavy rain, adding to fears flood defences might not withstand rising river levels.

New ways could be found to control the flooding in the Coleham area of Shrewsbury.

Shropshire Council's drainage and flood risk manager, John Bellis, said: "when we have the river up, the water can actually come up through the gullies. I think that's something we can actually have a look at as a council."

Mr Bellis suggested the council could investigate, "whether we can make changes to how the highway gully network works".

David Gregory-Kumar
Science correspondent, BBC Midlands Today

Near the village of Clifton in Worcestershire, farmer Stephen Watkins has been maintaining his own flood barrier.

The River Severn there is around 1km wide at the moment and he said the defences kept the water away from his farm buildings and about five or six homes.

Mr Watkins also believes that while dredging the river would help, more basic maintenance is needed too.

He said: "If you're going up the garden path and there's a branch growing over, you snip it off so it doesn't get you in the face. Exactly the same with the river, if somethings in it then you need to take it out so that it doesn't block the water flow."

The leader of Telford and Wrekin Council wants the government to pay for permanent flood defences in Ironbridge.

Shaun Davies said he would be looking for £50m to pay for the work and added: "Ironbridge Gorge is the home to the West Midlands' only World Heritage Site, currently we have temporary flood defences, which protects some homes and houses."

The flood defences in Ironbridge were first used in 2004 and are operated by the council.

More than six million litres of floodwater forced two closures on the A38 after Storm Dennis, Staffordshire Fire Service's said., external

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In the first case, fire crews were called to the route near Lichfield on Sunday when there was more than a million litres on the southbound side.

Then, more than five million litres forced the closure in both directions yesterday in Branston, near Burton upon Trent.

Highways England said this afternoon the A38 was now open in both directions. , external

In all, the fire service said it had been called more than 170 times to flooding incidents in Staffordshire due to Storm Dennis.

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Despite flooding fears easing for some parts of the West Midlands, the floodwaters look like they will take a while to subside over sodden ground.

As examples, here are two photos today from BBC Weather Watchers Step Counter in Hereford and J at Severn Ridge in Severn Stoke, Worcestershire:

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Image source, J at Severn Ridge

More than 350 homes have been flooded by Storm Dennis in the West Midlands, the Environment Agency's revealed., external

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The latest figures were reported this morning and show most of the houses affected in the region were in Worcestershire with 200.

There were 45 flooded in Herefordshire, 25 in Shropshire, 60 in Barton-under-Needwood and 25 in Norton Canes.

Flooding isn't unusual along the rivers Wye, Lugg, Teme and Severn but what's unusual is the extent of flooding in the areas that have borne the brunt of it since Sunday.

The Severn and Wye saw record levels in some areas this week and some homes, including a number in Hereford, that have never been affected before have found themselves under water.

At the beginning of the week, Dave Throup from the Environment Agency said the situation was "not normal flooding" adding "we are in uncharted territory".

There were nearly 600 flood warnings and alerts in England at the time, the highest on record.