Latest flooding report - Sunday 1:00pm

Update - 1.00pm Sunday September 7th 2008

With the flooding situation improving or stabilising, Herefordshire Council is closing its emergency information line for the time being after being operational since midnight on Friday.

Here is the latest information concerning the following roads:

A4666 Welsh Newton, Monmouth - closed due to major landslide

Haywood Lane, Hereford - now closed

C1267 Brockampton - now closed

C1273 Hole in the Wall at Ross - closed

A4137 Llangarron - closed

Bullingham Lane and Watery Lane in Hereford - closed

Sellack to Hoarwithy Road - closed

Prospect Hill, Peterchurch - closed due to landslide

B4399 Mordiford to Holme Lacy - causeway is now open

Breinton off the Hereford to Brecon Road - waters receding

A40 Hereford to Gwent - flooded inside lane of both carriageways

A465 at Llangua - now passable with care

B4224 - Wye Inn to Railway Bridge, Rotherwas - now open again

B4521 St Owens Cross to Wormelow - now passable with care

A438 Letton to Kinnersley - now open

Moreton-on-Lugg to Marden - passable with care

C1086 Kinnersley - now open

C1001 Brampton Bryan - now open

B4632 at Combe Bridge - now open

A4110 Bainstree to Lawton Cross - now open

A417 - Bodenham to Burley Gate - now open

Widemarsh Street in Hereford - now clear of water

A438 Hereford to Ledbury - now open

A4113 Walford to Lentwardine - now open

The Longtown to Pandy road - now open

C1032 Pembridge to Milton Crossroads - now open

A44 Leominster to Monkland - now open

Broad Bridge at Bromyard - now open

A417 Maund Common at Bodenham - now open

A465 - Hereford to Abergavenny - open

A465 at Stoke Lacy and Mintridge - open

A417 at Canon Frome - open

B4203 at Bromyard - open

A4103 at Lower Eggleton - open

A4103 East of Newtown Cross - open

Old Monmouth Road - open

Motorists are being told to take extra care this weekend. Drivers need to be aware there may be hidden dangers lurking under surface water and they are urged to reduce their speed and drive according to the conditions, allowing extra time for their journeys.

In the meantime, drivers are being given these pieces of advice:

• Listen to the local and national radio for travel information
• Tell someone at your destination what time you expect to arrive
• Remember that in wet weather stopping distances are at least double those required for stopping on dry roads
• Keep well back from the vehicle in front, so you have the time and distance to break safely
• If steering becomes unresponsive it probably means the water is preventing the tyres from gripping the road, ease off the accelerator and slow down gradually
• Remember the rain and spray from vehicles makes it difficult to see and be seen, so adjust your speed and drive more slowly and use your headlights
• Do not enter floodwater as there is no way of telling how deep it may be. This applies if you are on foot as well as in a vehicle - manhole covers may have been loosened or removed so there could be extremely dangerous hidden hazards in floodwater.
• Please respect road closure signs - they are there for your safety and mean the road is impassable.
• Avoid any non essential journeys