The weekend’s heavy rain has caused havoc across the country, with burst river banks leading to widespread flooding.

Parts of Tewkesbury, in Gloucestershire, were left entirely submerged by 5ft (1.5m) of water after River Severn overflowed following torrential rain.

The river remains a flood risk until tomorrow and there are currently 65 flood warnings and 87 flood alerts in the UK in total.

Dave Throup, Environment Agency (EA) manager for Herefordshire and Worcestershire, said: ‘It’s very unusual for the River Severn to be at such high levels for its entire length, in England.

‘We’ve got flood warnings in place from the Welsh border to Gloucester.

‘Most of our flood defences now deployed or being deployed, protecting hundreds of homes and businesses.’

The EA  warned Tewkesbury residents to avoid low-lying footpaths near watercourses and avoid low-lying roads near rivers.

Flood defences have been put in place in Bewdley, Hereford, Upton-upon-Severn and Shrewsbury, and temporary barriers were erected at Ironbridge in Shropshire.

The River Wye was at record high levels at 6.21m (20ft) and the River Trent also have multiple warnings in place.

Emergency services rescued people from 36 vehicles stranded in flood water in Worcestershire and Herefordshire over the weekend.

The heavy rain also led to postponed football matches and train delays.

The weather will be dryer tomorrow but they’ll still be some lingering rain.

A Met Office forecaster added: ‘Some rain through parts of Cornwall especially, South Devon and across the channel Isles as well.

‘All the time they’ll be a few showers coming across the eastern most fringes of England and Scotland.

‘It may lead to a little icy conditions on the roads across parts of Eastern Scotland. ‘

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