Power still out for thousands after Storm Darragh

About 67,000 homes and businesses are inactive without powerfulness crossed Wales aft Storm Darragh battered ample parts of the country.

Despite utmost winds easing, a yellow Met Office upwind warning remained successful spot crossed Wales until 18:00 GMT connected Sunday.

It comes aft a time of wide damage and question disruption from winds that gusted to 94mph (150 km/h).

Numerous roads are inactive closed, with 1 assembly brag issuing a plea to drivers to enactment disconnected the roads portion they are cleared. Meanwhile, bid services are mostly cancelled, arsenic are ferry sailings to and from Ireland.

The person of the Welsh Local Government Association, Andrew Morgan, told BBC Politics Wales determination were thousands of downed trees crossed the country.

"Luckily, we didn't get the terrible rainfall that was suggested," said Morgan, who is besides the assembly person successful Rhondda Cynon Taf wherever Storm Bert inflicted heavy flooding damage successful November.

Damaged buildings see immoderate schools, helium said, and debris connected the roads remained a occupation successful galore areas.

"We've asked radical is to effort and debar question if they tin conscionable for [Sunday]... successful presumption of clearing highways."

National Grid said determination were astir 48,000 properties without powerfulness successful mid and southbound Wales.

Scottish Power said astir 18,500 properties, chiefly crossed northbound and mid Wales, were besides without power.

"This is 1 of the worst storms we've seen successful a agelong time," said Liam O'Sullivan from Scottish Power.

Strong winds hampered repair efforts overnight, helium added, but with the upwind subsiding, helium added that the institution had "every squad disposable moving to get radical backmost connected supply".

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said determination were a fistful of flood warnings - the 2nd highest alert - successful effect.

There are inactive roadworthy closures crossed Wales, including the M48 Severn Bridge successful Monmouthshire, owed to precocious winds.

Transport for Wales is asking passengers to cheque timetables earlier travelling arsenic galore trains are not moving

Great Western Railway said the terrible upwind had near each lines blocked betwixt Cardiff Central and Carmarthen, with services "unlikely" to resume earlier 12:00.

Irish Ferries cancelled work to and from Wales for astir of Sunday, with immoderate Pembroke and Holyhead sailings scheduled for later.

The past reddish informing successful Wales was during 2022's Storm Eunice, which near tens of thousands of radical without power.

NRW said earlier the tempest the magnitude of rainfall expected would beryllium little than that which fell during Storm Bert, which wrought havoc crossed Wales past month.