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A river of raw sewage flooded a street outside Aldi horrifying a priest who described the smell as "horrendous."

Father Peter Weatherby posted a video on Twitter of the yellow coloured sewage all over a busy main road in Cannock, Staffordshire.

He wrote: "Raw sewage currently pouring down Walsall Road in Cannock. It is across both sides of the carriage outside Aldi and smells horrendous!"

Drivers were forced to swerve around the 'river of diarrhoea'.

The spillage is being blamed on a 'fatberg' caused by an excess of wet wipes being flushed down the drain and clogging the pipe.

(Image: Father Peter Weatherby/Birmingham Live WS) (Image: Father Peter Weatherby/Birmingham Live WS)

A spokesman for water services company, Severn Trent, said: "We were made aware of a potentially burst sewer late this morning and we sent out a team as a priority.

"There is nothing to do with a burst sewage pipe, it was blocked by a fat and wipes.

"Severn Trent Water has assessed the main drain pipe and need a heavy jetting machine which has been ordered and the blockage will be cleared up tonight."