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Good afternoon. Another big storm is expected to hit the Midlands this | :00:08. | :00:12. | |
afternoon, bringing heavy rain and gale force winds. The Met Office has | :00:13. | :00:16. | |
issued a yellow weather warning for the region and 33 flood warnings are | :00:17. | :00:21. | |
in place. As Lindsay Doyle reports, it's further bad news for farmers | :00:22. | :00:25. | |
who've had to endure weeks of flooding on their land. | :00:26. | :00:29. | |
Hayes Farm at Melverley on the Shropshire/Welsh border, fields | :00:30. | :00:32. | |
flooded, winter wheat already washed away and plans for planting Spring | :00:33. | :00:42. | |
crops being pushed later and later. The last two years have got a lot | :00:43. | :00:50. | |
worse. The lost a lot of spring planting and then we had to replant | :00:51. | :00:57. | |
it and then lost it again due to the flooding. As you can see, we have | :00:58. | :01:01. | |
planted Wortham crops and that has also flooded `` autumn crops. Water | :01:02. | :01:07. | |
which has been cascading over the dam at Lake Vyrnwy Reservoir in Mid | :01:08. | :01:11. | |
Wales has sparked fears that more rain will cause more flooding as it | :01:12. | :01:14. | |
feeds into the River Vyrnwy, joining the River Severn near Melverley. | :01:15. | :01:22. | |
Unfortunately for farmers, it has been time after time where we have | :01:23. | :01:30. | |
had so much water and it is starting to interfere with farming. Hayes | :01:31. | :01:34. | |
farm have brought their cattle in for the winter but that again is | :01:35. | :01:38. | |
another cost to the farmer. Elsewhere in Shropshire the floods | :01:39. | :01:41. | |
barriers are up in Ironbridge, the Environment Agency is stressing in | :01:42. | :01:44. | |
spite of high river levels the barriers are ensuring that its | :01:45. | :01:47. | |
business as usual today in the historic town. | :01:48. | :01:55. | |
Police have just re`opened the M6 after it was closed for over six | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
hours. The road was shut after a body was found on the carriageway in | :02:00. | :02:02. | |
Staffordshire. The motorway was shut to southbound traffic between | :02:03. | :02:05. | |
Junction 11 at Cannock and Junction ten at Walsall. A bridge over the | :02:06. | :02:09. | |
road near the scene was also affected. | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
In football, all three of our Premier League clubs could have a | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
big impact on the battle to avoid relegation this afternoon. Aston | :02:19. | :02:21. | |
Villa are at home to West Ham. West Brom travel to Crystal Palace. And | :02:22. | :02:24. | |
Stoke visit Southampton. In the Championship, the Birmingham City | :02:25. | :02:26. | |
captain Paul Robinson makes a welcome return for their trip to | :02:27. | :02:36. | |
Charlton. Huge boost for us to have the car and back, just not in terms | :02:37. | :02:42. | |
of his leadership, but his performance levels. He delivers what | :02:43. | :02:47. | |
I expect my players so the rest of the players can then follow him. | :02:48. | :02:52. | |
Meanwhile, all today's games involving our sides in the | :02:53. | :02:55. | |
Conference have been postponed due to the weather. | :02:56. | :02:58. | |
Time now to get some more detail on that stormy weather that's heading | :02:59. | :02:59. | |
our way. Time now to get some more detail | :03:00. | :03:07. | |
The wind really is a key feature of today's weather, that together with | :03:08. | :03:11. | |
blustery showers working their way in from the West. We have yellow | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
warnings in place. We are looking at Gusts between 50 and 60 mph. Highs | :03:18. | :03:24. | |
of around seven or eight degrees. Still the showers keep coming in | :03:25. | :03:28. | |
this evening, feeding in on that blustery wind. The risk of hale and | :03:29. | :03:36. | |
Thunder thrown in as well. Lows of around four or five degrees. | :03:37. | :03:40. | |
Tomorrow we'll start off on a wet and windy node. The breeze will ease | :03:41. | :03:44. | |
through the day and the showers will become fewer and far between. I will | :03:45. | :03:53. | |
be back in our next bulletin at 7:05pm. Until then, have a good | :03:54. | :03:55. | |
after doing. evening. -- the winds will ease | :03:56. | :04:12. | |
Good afternoon. It is yet another stormy day to day with heavy rain | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
around and very strong winds. The Met office has issued an amber | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
warning for the strong winds. They could be disruptive and damaging. | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
This is the latest in a string of storms that we have seen this | :04:27. | :04:30. | |
winter. For southern England, this looks like one of the wettest | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
winters for 250 years. Scotland saw the wettest December 4/100 years. | :04:37. | :04:41. | |
Low pressure well in charge of things at the moment, drifting | :04:42. | :04:47. | |
across the UK to the North. The tide Isa buyers will mean windy | :04:48. | :04:49. | |
conditions, particularly for the south and | :04:50. | :04:51. |