England: West Midlands region floods amid heavy rain, high winds

June 17, 2023



On Monday, storms caused in the  region of England. The placed the region under an "amber" weather warning, with forecasts including high winds between, Staffordshire and , Shropshire.

A row of flats flooded in ; a resident told the BBC water entered through "people's windows, doors, through the brickwork". Resident Chris Hopkins explained his family returned home "in August" after flooding and another said tenants "can't live in this situation [of persistent flooding]". The city's Penn Road also flooded, with one observer stating to the Express & Star: "I've never seen Penn Road like this, it's like a river".

Two of the 's three northbound lanes between junctions J2 / and J3 flooded, producing a mile-long traffic jam; earlier, a tree had briefly obstructed J2. Also in Oldbury, Wolverhampton Road flooded.

Another tree shut down 's Wolverhampton Road East.

Railway lines between and  ran "at reduced speed" after flooding on the route,  tweeted.

By yesterday, the Met Office had issued a "yellow" thunderstorm warning for Sunday in most of England and all of. It said "sudden flooding could lead to difficult driving conditions and possible road closures" and "[f]looding of homes and businesses could happen quickly".