Storm Callum: One killed as Wales suffers 'worst flooding for 30 years'

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Storm Callum: One killed as Wales suffers 'worst flooding for 30 years'

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13/10/18




A person has died in a landslide after Storm Callum hit as parts of Wales saw its "worst flooding for 30 years".

Rivers burst their banks, homes were flooded, some were without power while travel was affected as Wales bore the brunt of torrential rain and wind.

A person was killed after a landslip at Cwmduad in Carmarthenshire, one village is ready to evacuate and people have been told to stay at home.

Police have said people should avoid Carmarthen due to rising water levels.

The River Towy has already burst its banks and breached the town's flood defences and it is critically high as flood warnings remain in place across Wales.

Carmarthenshire, Powys and Ceredigion were the worst affected areas and at Milford Haven, the strongest wind in the UK was recorded on Saturday as gusts of 60mph (97kmh) battered the Pembrokeshire coast.

About 100 sheep have been washed away in flood water at Pontargothi in Carmarthenshire and Dyfed-Powys Police want anyone who see the sheep wash up to contact them.

A horse, meanwhile, was rescued in Monmouthshire after being partially submerged by the flooded River Usk near Abergavenny.

Capel Curig in Conwy was among the wettest places in the UK with 46.2mm (1.6ins) of rain, the wettest being Shap in Cumbria.




Further flood warnings are in place in Scotland while about 2,000 homes and businesses in England have been without power with some flood defences breached.

Two cars were also crushed near Truro in Cornwall overnight.

Read more and see video footage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45838058

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I wonder which regions of England have been affected as it's been about 23C and was very sunny and dry all day again in London.

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