Heavy storms on Thursday afternoon caused a brook to burst its banks in All Stretton, Shropshire, leading to major flooding. Homes and businesses were inundated, roads blocked with debris, and residents were evacuated. Community volunteers, firefighters, police, and Shropshire Council teams worked together to manage the crisis.
Major floods in All Stretton lead to homes being inundated and residents moved out after a brook burst its banks and pushed tons of rock onto the roads.A major clean up effort is underway in the south Shropshire market town today following the storms that broke out over the hills on Thursday afternoon.
Mayor Munro thanked the Yew Tree Inn, at All Stretton who provided refreshments calling the action"really thoughtful and much appreciated."Also a big thank you again to the All Stretton village hall for there use making tea and coffee."As a result of the debris and water the B5477 immediately became impassible and significant volumes of traffic backed up almost to the A49.
"As always thanks to all of emergency services. There will be a lot of clearing up to do but as far as can be ascertained everyone has somewhere dry to sleep tonight, although with Stretton Hall flooding we were close to invoking the Emergency Plan.
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