Back-to-back storms brought flooding, fallen trees and power cuts across Wales on Sunday morning. Storm Boero followed Storm Austin over the weekend, with strong winds and heavy rain disrupting transport and leaving hundreds of homes without electricity.
Wind gusts of 84mph (135km/h) were recorded in Capel Curig, Conwy, on Saturday, while 2.1 inches (54.6mm) of rain fell there.
Police and councils said they were responding to flooding and reports of fallen trees. Rhondda Cynon Taf Council said it was dealing with a number of such reports.
Flood warnings and power cuts
Natural Resources Wales had five flood warnings in place at 9am on Sunday: four on the River Ely and one on the River Rhondda at Porth, in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Five flood warnings were also in place across south Wales on Sunday morning. In Rayadelle, Powys, 555 homes were without power, while around 100 homes in south Wales were also affected.
National Grid said its engineers were working to restore electricity to affected households “as quickly as possible” and apologized for the disruption.
Travel disruption
Most of Wales was not under a weather warning during Storm Boero. However, a yellow wind warning covered parts of north Wales until 9pm GMT on Sunday.
Cardiff’s Bute Park recorded 2.2 inches (55.2mm) of rain throughout Saturday.
Flooding and poor weather led Transport for Wales to replace many rail services with buses.
Source: www.bbc.co.uk