The appalling weather conditions and heavy rainfall caused chaos for many at the weekend especially on Sunday, April 29th, when many local events were cancelled or postponed.

On Tuesday a landslip at Hoarwithy closed the road to traffic and signs were quickly put in place at Vine Tree, between Tudorville and Walford when the road surface was broken up by the force of the rain and water came cascading off the fields.

On Sunday April 29th Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service was called to numerous weather-related incidents following heavy rain and high winds overnight on Saturday and throughout Sunday morning.

These included roof damage from the high winds and fallen trees, blocking roads and damaging property.

The Service was called at 2.34pm on Saturday to assist with a car stuck in floodwater at Much Dewchurch near Hereford. The water rescue boat and fire crew from Hereford attended along with a further crew and Water First Responders from Ross-on-Wye, who waded into the water and brought the two occupants from the car to safety.

Station Commander Sean Bailey from HWFRS said: "The couple had driven along the road earlier in the day and had encountered only surface water on the road. It was a different story on their return journey, when the water was up to the windows of their car before they realised the road had flooded."

The crew from Ross was also called to help boat crews from Hereford and Worcester in Peterchurch following a call at around 7.10am reporting that a woman was stuck in her car in flood water. The woman was brought to safety by 7.50am, and the van removed from the water.

The Service is urging motorists to take extra care during the current conditions, warning them to avoid driving through flood water which may be deeper than it looks, and may hide open drains or collapsed culverts.

Herefordshire Council is also urging motorists to take extra care when travelling around the county, as many roads are affected by excess surface water and conditions are liable to change at short notice.

They also ask motorists to respect road closure signs – they are there for your safety and mean the road is impassable.

The council's met office adviser has informed us that drier conditions are expected to edge into southern areas of Herefordshire on Tuesday. Prior to the rain clearing some heavy bursts of rain are likely, potentially bringing some minor flooding on roads.

A dry night will follow and dry conditions can be expected for much of Wednesday although further rain is possible during Wednesday night.