Relentless rain left Britain looking like a wet weekend today as experts warned flooding could get even worse – before the country is covered in snow.
Much of England is already underwater, as our aerial shot of saturated Tewkesbury, Glos, shows.
But the River Severn is set to reach its highest levels tonight in Bewdley, Worcs, where a children’s park had all but disappeared under the deluge.
The river – expected to hit another peak in the city of Worcester today – also burst its banks in Apperley, Glos, where cyclists had to avoid a soaking as motorists negotiated flooded roads.
Of the 98 flood warnings in England today, 13 were in Shropshire.
There was also a yellow warning for rain across the county and neighbouring Herefordshire.
Roy Stokes, of the Environment Agency’s West Midlands flood team, said: “All rivers are full, all flood plains are full and there’s more rain to come.
“So things are probably going to get a little bit worse before they get better.” Some people made the most of the downpours.
Nine-year-old Rafa Garcia Davis and his brother Hugo, 11, had a splashing time on Wimbledon Common, in south-west London, with Bodhi their wirehaired Vizsla.
And swimmers took a dip in the North Sea at Seaburn, South Tyneside.
But they might not be able to brave the cold for much longer because we’re head for another big freeze.
Some snow is expected today in parts of Scotland, the North West and Wales.
And an Easterly “troll” from Scandinavia is set to hit on Tuesday.
It will send temperatures plummeting as low as -7C with snowfall possible as far south as London.
