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    WEATHERING THE STORMS... or not!

    Mar 10, 2020 5 minutes
    ANDREW BELL

    Severn Valley Railway formation slips at Sterns again

    THE Severn Valley Railway’s trouble blackspot at Sterns near Eardington is causing concern once again, after the River Severn reached exceptionally high levels during above average rainfall during February.

    Movement in the trackbed was detected and trains are subjected to a temporary speed restriction while the railway’s engineers assess the situation.

    Towns along the river from Shrewsbury to Worcester made national headlines as storms Ciara and Dennis battered Britain over consecutive weekends, causing widespread flooding, especially in Ironbridge and Bewdley where many properties were under several feet of water. The problem was exacerbated towards the end of the month as Storm Jorge brought a further 80mm of rain.

    The second wettest February on record brought 179.3mm of rainfall between the 1st and 25th of the month

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