Roads and low-lying land along the River Severn in Worcestershire are expected to flood tomorrow as river levels rise yet again.

Bewdley bridge was scheduled to close this evening for vehicles so flood pumps could be removed, but this has been postponed. 

A flood alert is in force and river levels at Bewdley are expected to surpass 3.3m - the point at which low-lying land may flood - by 3pm on Thursday (March 12).

A spokesman for the Environment Agency said: "River levels are beginning to rise at the Bewdley river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall.

"Consequently, flooding of roads and farmland is expected between 3am and 9am tomorrow (Thursday).

"Flooding is expected to affect low lying land and Roads adjacent to the River from Highley to Tewkesbury.

"Other locations that may be affected include Stourport, Holt Fleet, Worcester, Kempsey, Severn Stoke, Upton upon Severn, [and] the B4195 Stourport Road."

The river is expected to peak at Bewdley between 3.4m and 3.7m on Friday morning.

The Environment Agency added: "Our incident response staff are checking defences. Please avoid using low lying footpaths near local watercourses."

On Sunday, Boris Johnson received a mixed reaction from residents when he visited the town and pledged to "get Bewdley done".

The Prime Minister had been heavily criticised for failing to visit flood-hit communities during the crises and some onlookers shouted "traitor" as he looked at the flood defences.

He said during the visit it was "too easy" for a PM to "come to a place in a middle of an emergency", but that it was "not so easy, frankly, for the emergency services".

"What they have to do is then break off and gold command has to find somewhere to brief you, everybody has to gather. They're diverting from their work for hours and hours," he said.

"What I've been doing since the flooding began is co-ordinating the national response but also looking at what we can do in the next months and years to ensure this country really is ready to cope with the impacts of flooding."