{"id":1172109,"date":"2026-08-27T10:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1172109\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T10:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:57:17","slug":"birmingham-floods-live-cars-stranded-in-apocalyptic-scenes-with-more-rain-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1172109\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham floods live: Cars stranded in &#8216;apocalyptic&#8217; scenes with more rain to come"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Birmingham&#8217;s flooding comes as the Environment Agency issued 23 alerts for flooding across the country tonight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Of the 23, one is a flood warning, which means flooding &#8216;is expected&#8217;. That covers Perry Brook, where emergency services have been sent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It said: &#8220;Locations most affected will be Flooding may affect properties and roads around Trehurst Avenue, Chevril Close, Haddon Road and the Bowling Green.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;We are closely monitoring the situation. Take care and avoid walking, cycling or driving through flood water.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 22 alerts mean flooding is &#8216;possible&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It added the warning, and the other 22 alerts which are mostly focused on the Midlands, would be updated at 11am on Thursday (August 27), &#8216;or as the situation changes&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/0_Screenshot-2026-08-27-at-115408.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Flood alerts in place in the UK tonight\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Flood alerts in place in the UK tonight(Image: Environment Agency)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birmingham&#8217;s flooding comes as the Environment Agency issued 23 alerts for flooding across the country tonight. Of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1172110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,16835,4884,16,15],"class_list":["post-1172109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-birmingham","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-floods","tag-great-britain","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117167120803059196","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1172109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1172110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1172109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}