Landslides, floods and boats turned upside down
STORM Callum wreaked havoc in North Wales over the weekend, with two days of strong winds and torrential downpours.
The heavy rain, which saw the Met Office issue a yellow weather warning, helped fill the region’s already swollen rivers, causing 15 flood alerts to be issued across the region.
The rain, coupled with gale- force gusts, saw a catamaran overturned in the Menai Strait and landslides in Bethesda and Bala.
It followed the 86mph winds on Friday, which caused landslides, trees falling over and even trampolines being blown onto cars.
A number of ferries and trains were also cancelled and several roads closed, some for more than 24 hours.
At the peak of the wet weather, Natural Resources Wales issued flood alerts or warnings in 15 catchment areas; Mawddach and Wnion, Conwy, River Conwy at Gwydir Road, Dyfi, Glaslyn and Dwyryd, Upper Dee Valley from Llanuwchllyn to Llangollen including Corwen, North Gwynedd, Anglesey, Dolgellau, River Erch at Abererch, River Dyfi at Pont ar Ddyfi, River Rhyd Hir at Riverside Terrace, Bangor on Dee, Lower Dee Valley from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows, and Dysynni.
As of Sunday evening, one flood warning for Lower Dee Valley, from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows, remained in place, along with four flood alerts for Bangor on Dee, North Gwynedd, Upper Dee Valley fr from Llanuwch chllyn to Llangolle len, including C Corwen, and Glasl slyn and Dwyryd.
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Despite the rain taking centre stage, there were again problems with the wind.
The Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway had to “severely curtail” their train services, after nine trees fell onto the rail line.
They tweeted: “This is the scene at Whistling Curve on the Ffestiniog Railway... Nine trees block the line at this point... With obstructions like this - and the continuing bad weather - we obviously had no other option but to severely curtail our train services today.”
Restrictions were also implemented on the Britannia Bridge again, in both directions, due to the high winds.
Around 1pm on Saturday, North Wales Police announced that the B4391, between Rhos y Gwaliau and Llangynog, near to Pencraig was closed due to another landslide.
It follows the A5 Bethel Road being closed on Friday due to the same problem, with it still remaining closed until Saturday afternoon.
As of Sunday evening, the B4391 was closed in both directions due to a landslip between Llangynog and Rhos-y-Gwaliau, and the B4403 was closed due to flooding at Llangower.