On Friday 20th July 2007 up to 5 inches (127 millimetres) of rain fell across central and southern England, on already saturated ground. Rivers rose rapidly and by Saturday flooding started to occur along the Severn corridor. Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire was particularly badly hit where the rivers Severn and Avon meet. Rivers rose to unprecedented levels causing the worst ever floods. Thousands of homes were inundated, and their inhabitants evacuated. The Myth water treatment plant in the town was also flooded, cutting off water supplies to around 350,000 people. Here the main road into Tewkesbury from the south is cut off The whole town being cut off for up to 3 days.