RESIDENTS have been warned that there is a risk of flooding in parts of Salisbury and surrounding areas including the Bourne and Avon valleys.
The Environment Agency issued alerts for several towns and villages across the county, saying that flooding is possible including in much of the Salisbury Plain area.
Wilton Road in Salisbury is partially blocked by some flooding. Traffic is having to drive in single file but tailbacks have been building this morning.
The Environment Agency has issued an update on its website, it reads: "Borehole levels across the West Wiltshire Downs, the Vale of Wardour and much of Salisbury Plain continue to fall back leading to a reduced risk of groundwater flooding."
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However it warms that levels in Bourne Valley area continue to rise slowly.
On its website, the Environment Agency states: "Levels in the lower Bourne Valley continue to rise very slowly. The next five days will bring some fairly unsettled weather which could produce some heavy periods of rainfall. Groundwater levels will respond very quickly under the current very wet surface conditions."
The Environment Agency has also warned that river levels remain high in the Middle Hampshire Avon and its Tributaries, and further rainfall is expected.
Flooding is forecast to affect locations near the Middle and Lower Hampshire Avon, with low lying land expected to be most affected, particularly around tributaries between Salisbury and Ringwood.
River levels are also forecast to rise on the Upper Hampshire Avon due to rainfall between Upavon and Salisbury.
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Alerts have also been put in place for villages surrounding Andover, along with Vernham Dean and Upton.
Communities at risk of groundwater flooding surrounding Andover, include Appleshaw, Hatherden, Penton Mewsey, Redenham, Weyhill Bottom, Kimpton, Amport and Monxton.
More information about the flood alerts, including what to do in the event of flooding, can be found on the Environment Agency website.
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