 New Road cricket ground, Worcester, was under water on Tuesday |
Two local fire crews assisting colleagues in South Yorkshire have been recalled to deal with the flood threat in Hereford and Worcester. Specialist fire crews had been helping in Rotherham, where homes were under threat from a large dam.
They have been recalled because of imminent danger to residents from the rivers Teme and Severn.
Earlier, about 25 people had to leave their homes due to rising flood water in Tenbury Wells.
The River Teme burst its banks at about midnight on Monday and fire crews used a boat to take local people to a high school.
Water levels in Tenbury reached several feet in the High Street on Tuesday morning but BBC correspondent Rajesh Mirchandani said they were starting to recede by the afternoon.
Roads closed
Worcester cricket ground was under water on Tuesday afternoon as levels continued to rise.
Wednesday night's Twenty20 cricket match against Warwickshire will have to be held at a different venue.
It is thought to be 40 years since the New Road cricket ground was flooded during the summer months.
A severe flood warning on the River Teme has been downgraded.
But the Environment Agency has issued its second level of alert for the River Severn from Worcester to Tewkesbury and from Tewkesbury to upstream of Gloucester.
Herefordshire Council said a number of roads in the county were also still closed.
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