Surface water flooding is starting to cause issues on routes across Herefordshire tonight, with further heavy rain and downpours spreading across the county.
Your Herefordshire has been informed that conditions are difficult on the A465 between Abergavenny and Hereford, as well as on the A49 between Hereford and Ross-on-Wye.
Large areas of standing water are causing issues and motorists are advised to drive to the conditions, with heavy downpours expected to continue into Wednesday morning, meaning that more flooding is likely.
A Met Office weather warning is in place across Herefordshire until midday on Wednesday.
The warning says:
“Areas of heavy rain are expected to develop and push north across the warning area.
“Rain will develop in southwest England late afternoon, before becoming heavier and expanding north on Tuesday evening and overnight into Wednesday.
“Many places will see around 10-20 mm of rain, but there is a chance some locations may see considerably more than this over a 6 hour period, most likely parts of southwest England and south Wales.
“A few places may see 50-80 mm of rain fall in 6 hours.
“Isolated thunderstorms are also possible in the south of the warning area, with lightning an additional hazard.”
Warning link – https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?id=58ddd516-b754-46c4-963e-056966f8687f&date=2024-10-16
Flood alerts are also in force on the River Arrow, River Frome and River Leadon in Herefordshire, with levels expected to continue to rise over the next 24-48 hours.
Away from the weather, hundreds of homes in Hereford and the surrounding area are without water tonight.
The issue is affecting parts of Hereford, as well as the Hampton Bishop area.
Properties on Hampton Park Road, in Hampton Bishop village and also in Mordiford are currently without water.
Parts of Tupsley are also said to be affected.
Welsh Water say this is due to overnight essential maintenance work taking place.
Supplies are expected to be restored by 5am on Wednesday morning.
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