HEAVY rain is forecast to hit Herefordshire tomorrow (Thursday) with the county still under two flood alerts.

The heavens are due to open in the early hours with the rain set to be heavy during rush hour. Weather maps are showing that it won't stop until at least the afternoon, meaning that localised flooding is possible. 

The Environment Agency (EA) still has two flood alerts in place for Herefordshire. This is for the Lugg (south of Leominster) and the Wye.

The EA say that flooding is expected on low-lowing land and roads along the Wye from Hay to Ross, with Byford, Bredwardine and Hereford also affected.

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The footpath on the north river bank and Hereford and the King George V playing fields will also start to flood, add the agency.

The predicted peat at the Old Bridge is 3.8 to 4.1 metres this afternoon (Wednesday), while Belmont and is 4.2 to 4.5m.

The Wye is expected to peak at Mordiford this evening (4.2 to 4.5m) and at Ross (3.6 to 3.8m) overnight.

Previous flood alerts for the Arrow and Frome have been removed. 

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The Met Office has various weather warnings in place for tomorrow (Thursday) including a yellow one for rain on the Herefordshire/Monmouthshire border.

Anyone hoping for snow will be disappointed as none is forecast to fall in the county. However, there is a yellow warning in place for parts of Shropshire, including just north of Ludlow, as well as Birmingham.

The worst of the weather is set to be on the Shropshire/Cheshire border, north Wales and parts of Staffordshire and Yorkshire where amber warnings for snow are in place.