HERALD NEWS UPDATE – LATEST INFORMATION ON WEATHER DISRUPTION
• Poppit Sands, Cardigan: Road damaged by flood water.
• Newport: three properties flooded on The Parrog.
• Lower Town, Fishguard: A487 has reopened.
• Newgale: JCB currently on site attending to Pebble defence wall.
• Broad Haven: seafront road was flooded this morning.
• Pembroke: Commons Road has reopened and is currently being cleaned by Council. One business property flooded in Waterman’s Lane.
• Angle: minor flooding at school.
• Freshwater West and Wiseman’s Bridge: crews cleaning out. Also boulders on the road.
• Amroth: road at Amroth along sea front has been partially washed away and will be closed for foreseeable future. Part of the defence wall has been breached. This also resulted in water mains damage and customers are without water in area. Welsh Water are aware and in attendance.
• Blocked drains reported around Pembrokeshire causing surface water flooding on roads.
• The very strong south-westerly winds are expected to continue through today with gusts between 40 and 50 mph likely in many areas, nearer 60 to 70 mph in western areas of Wales and possibly 70 to 80 mph around the coasts of Caernarfon Bay, Cardigan Bay, and Carmarthen Bay for a time this afternoon.
• In addition to the tidal issues there’s also scope for damage to trees and perhaps some minor structural damage in exposed coastal areas. Heavy showers are also expected, some with hail and thunder.
• Winds are expected to slowly decrease through the evening and become much lighter overnight. Saturday is expected to be a much quieter day apart from a few heavy showers which may turn wintry over the highest ground. After a quiet start to the day on Sunday wet and windy weather will soon return from the southwest and continue into Monday.
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