File picture of the flooded A417 over to Maisemore road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire (Image: PAUL NICHOLLS / TRINITY MIRROR)

More than a dozen roads are closed in Gloucestershire this morning after floods hit the county.

Following a torrential downpour overnight, fifteen roads were closed by Gloucestershire County Council 's highway department.

The authority's website , which covers reactive road closures caused by severe weather events, such as flooding, fallen trees, snow, ice and road traffic collisions, the local authority has listed all the roads closed to traffic following the downpour brought on by Storm Claudia .

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