Flood warnings across Wales with more rain to come

Further dense rainfall is apt to origin flooding connected Sunday aft Storm Bert swept crossed Wales, forecasters person said.

The Met Office has issued a caller upwind informing for heavy rain crossed a ample swathe of the state until 13:00 GMT, with 98mm (4in) of rainfall already recorded overnight successful Libanus, Powys.

Natural Resources Wales has issued astir 80 flood warnings and alerts.

A fig of roads person been closed owed to flooding and fallen trees aft upwind gusts of 82mph (130km/hr) were recorded astatine Capel Curig successful Conwy region connected Saturday.

Yellow upwind warnings for rainfall and upwind are successful spot crossed the UK successful what meteorologists person described it arsenic a multi-hazard storm.

Five adults and 5 children had to beryllium rescued by firefighters from a location aft a landslide successful Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, successful Wrexham county, connected Saturday.

North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the spot was deed by flood h2o and debris and suffered "substantial" damage.

Jonathan Greatorex, landlord of The Hand astatine Llanarmon pub, said: "The assemblage has been astonishing and rallied circular to enactment the household astatine what indispensable beryllium a profoundly hard time."

Sunday's upwind informing for a rainfall covers Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen and Vale of Glamorgan.

"A fewer places, peculiarly implicit hills, whitethorn spot an further 30-40mm [1.1-1.6in] earlier rainfall clears eastbound by aboriginal afternoon," warned the Met Office.

There is besides a upwind informing for beardown wind, successful spot until 21:00 GMT, covering Anglesey, Bridgend, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy, Gwynedd, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea and Vale of Glamorgan.