Flood barriers have gone up as parts of the West Midlands brace for further flooding in the wake of Storm Darragh. The Environment Agency (EA) has set up barriers at Coleham Head in Shrewsbury and ...

Wireless DNA will monitor all signal variations to identify those caused by precipitation, and share this data with the River Severn Partnership to improve early warning systems for flooding and ...

The project is focused on the River Severn catchment, a flood-prone area where better rainfall prediction can help protect communities and infrastructure. This premium content is available exclusively ...

The town is regularly affected by flooding due to its proximity to the River Severn, and the funding will also enable other flood resilience measures to be installed. One business owner said her ...

Two permanent flood defence walls are to be installed in Ironbridge to protect vulnerable homes and businesses from the River Severn. Telford and Wrekin Council has been awarded £708,000 by the ...

exacerbated by a 'bottleneck' at their section of river. They say this has been caused, in part, by other flood defence schemes elsewhere on the Severn. Work, due to start next month ...