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Heavy rainfall has flooded roads and low-lying onshore successful parts of Wales, and bid services person besides been hit, with lines betwixt northbound and southbound Wales via Hereford and Shropshire closed.
North Wales Police warned drivers that galore roads successful the eastbound portion of the country person been affected.
Meanwhile, 3 schools successful Powys closed for the day due to the fact that of the weather.
There are 16 flood warnings, and 27 alerts person besides been issued by Natural Resources Wales crossed Wales for Wednesday.
National Rail warned passengers of disruption crossed the Transport for Wales web connected Wednesday.
It said: "Your travel volition instrumentality importantly longer than normal.
"Please cheque your full travel is inactive imaginable earlier mounting disconnected today."
The affected routes are:
- Crewe - Shrewsbury
- Crewe - Chester
- Wrexham - Shrewsbury
- Wrexham General - Shotton
- Shrewsbury - Craven Arms
According to Transport for Wales (TfW), flooding has besides led to the lines betwixt Shrewsbury and Chester being blocked, with "a precise limited" replacement autobus work running.
Lines betwixt Wrexham Central and Bidston, Merseyside, were besides cancelled owed to flooding, with disruption expected until 23:00 connected Wednesday, portion determination are besides cancellations betwixt Hereford and Shrewsbury, TfW said.
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it received galore reports of flooding successful the Flintshire and Wrexham areas and warned radical to support distant from accelerated flowing watercourses.
Powys assembly said it had to adjacent the B4393 Llanfechain to Llanfyllin roadworthy owed to flooding.
"As acold arsenic we are aware, the main roads are presently passable but determination is simply a batch of lasting h2o truthful drivers should proceed with caution of they are to thrust successful the existent conditions," it said.
There were 8 flood alerts and 13 superior flood warnings crossed rivers successful Powys, it added.
"The worst of the flooding is frankincense acold successful the northbound of the region but each areas are astatine an elevated authorities of risk.
"With adjacent much rainfall forecast tonight, conditions could inactive get a batch worse, truthful delight beryllium cautious," it said.
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