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Storm Isha: Flood warnings throughout Wales after 90mph winds hit

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  • By James McCarthy & Catherine Evans
  • BBC News

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Large waves hit the ocean wall at Porthcawl, Bridgend county, as Storm Isha lashed the nation

There are flood warnings throughout Wales after Storm Isha hit on Sunday, leaving a whole bunch of houses with out energy.

A gust of 90mph (144km/h) was recorded on Capel Curig, in Eryri, also called Snowdonia.

A yellow wind warning protecting the entire of the UK is in place till noon on Monday.

On Monday morning, round 200 houses in south and mid Wales had been with out energy, in response to the National Grid.

At one level on Sunday night time greater than 3,000 properties had been with out energy.

Scottish Power didn’t present figures for north Wales however its energy lower map confirmed quite a few postcodes had been affected.

The Met workplace stated the chance of disruption would proceed all through Monday morning.

“Some harm to buildings, equivalent to tiles blown from roofs, may occur,” the forecaster stated.

“Injuries and hazard to life from flying particles are doable.

“Power cuts might happen, with the potential to have an effect on different providers, equivalent to cell phone protection.

“Injuries and hazard to life may happen from giant waves and seashore materials being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties.”

The coastguard requested individuals to take care by the coast.

“Keep away from cliffs, be careful for tidal surges, and keep away from massive waves,” it stated.

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A stream overflows at Llanberis in Gwynedd

Natural Resources Wales has quite a lot of flood warnings and alerts in place throughout Wales.

On X, previously often known as Twitter, it urged individuals to be cautious of falling timber and branches.

It additionally warned river ranges had been anticipated to be greater than regular.

Rail, sea and air travellers confronted disruption on Sunday, with a number of highway closures in addition to flight and prepare cancellations.

The M48 Severn Bridge, which closed in a single day, had reopened by Monday morning.

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Flooding in Capel Curig on Sunday

North Wales Police stated the Britannia Bridge to Anglesey, which was was shut on Sunday, had since reopened.

The pressure stated the Menai Suspension Bridge remained open however autos over 7.5 tonnes had been restricted.

The A465 Heads of the Valley Road was closed in each instructions due to a fallen tree, in response to Inrix.

Storm Isha is the ninth named storm to hit the UK because the season started in September.

Each storm is called when it poses a danger to individuals and they’re given names starting with consecutive letters of the alphabet.

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