A Yellow Warning for Wind remains in force for Pembrokeshire, as the clean-up around Storm Darragh continues, with 7,183 properties across the county still without power this morning.
The Amber Warning for wind has now expired, but a spokesperson for the Local Authority said: “we’re not yet out of the woods” yet, as winds still have potential to cause yet more disruption, with it still extremely hazardous to be out and about.
Council staff have been flat out since Saturday and clearing operations were suspended overnight to resume today.
PCC staff have been praised for their efforts. ‘The clear-up during the recent storm has been magnificent,” said Sue Davies, resident of St Florence.
“Whoever organised the whole thing needs to be named and applauded - together, of course, with the whole team. This was Management of the highest order - a rare thing nowadays!”
A spokesperson for Pembrokeshire County Council stated on Sunday morning: “The Council is very busy and has several teams deployed today along with contractors.
“The focus will be on clearing trees and obstructions on the network as well as attending to dangerous structures.
“We have widespread road closures still in place around the county. Signage may not always be present so please exercise care if driving.
“A large amount of debris are present on all highways, footpaths, pavements, land and we ask for your patience whilst we undertake response and recovery actions.
“Thank you for your understanding.
“Please call the Out of Hours number to report emergency hazards 0345 601 5522.”
7,183 properties are still without power this morning.
Leisure Centres will be open apart from Fishguard and St Davids if anyone need somewhere warm and safe.
A number of residents in Tegryn area are also without water and PCC are liaising with Welsh Water on the matter.
Dyfed-Powys Police declared a ‘major incident’ for the counties of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, and Powys because of disruption caused by Storm Darragh on Saturday, with the force, along with emergency services and partner agencies in the region is repeating its request to only travel if absolutely necessary.
The Amber Warning for wind has now expired, but a spokesperson for the Local Authority said: “we’re not yet out of the woods” yet, as winds still have potential to cause yet more disruption, with it still extremely hazardous to be out and about.
Council staff have been flat out since Saturday and clearing operations were suspended overnight to resume today.
PCC staff have been praised for their efforts. ‘The clear-up during the recent storm has been magnificent,” said Sue Davies, resident of St Florence.
“Whoever organised the whole thing needs to be named and applauded - together, of course, with the whole team. This was Management of the highest order - a rare thing nowadays!”
A spokesperson for Pembrokeshire County Council stated on Sunday morning: “The Council is very busy and has several teams deployed today along with contractors.
“The focus will be on clearing trees and obstructions on the network as well as attending to dangerous structures.
“We have widespread road closures still in place around the county. Signage may not always be present so please exercise care if driving.
“A large amount of debris are present on all highways, footpaths, pavements, land and we ask for your patience whilst we undertake response and recovery actions.
“Thank you for your understanding.
“Please call the Out of Hours number to report emergency hazards 0345 601 5522.”
7,183 properties are still without power this morning.
Leisure Centres will be open apart from Fishguard and St Davids if anyone need somewhere warm and safe.
A number of residents in Tegryn area are also without water and PCC are liaising with Welsh Water on the matter.
Dyfed-Powys Police declared a ‘major incident’ for the counties of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, and Powys because of disruption caused by Storm Darragh on Saturday, with the force, along with emergency services and partner agencies in the region is repeating its request to only travel if absolutely necessary.
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00:00Defenses, and hopes they'll hold back some of the rainfall from storm Darragh.
00:06Council crews in Vrndvok and Ontarvo are on high alert, working through the night and
00:10across the weekend.
00:12It's just two weeks after the last flooding.
00:15That was a yellow warning.
00:16This time here, there's an amber alert for rain and wind, and elsewhere, the wind warning
00:21becomes red.
00:22It's a couple of weeks before Christmas, and it's the last thing we need, at any time,
00:27these days of the year, and it's just like, here we go again.
00:32Well, we're just bracing ourselves and hoping for the best, basically, hoping that it's
00:36not as bad as it was a couple of weeks ago.
00:39Yeah, you know, I'm fairly well prepared with my flood barriers here, but a lot of the other
00:45businesses on the streets haven't got these in place.
00:49As well as the red warning for wind, there's amber warnings for wind and rain, too, with
00:5390-mile-an-hour gusts of winds possible on coasts and hills, and in some places, 90 millimeters
00:58of water expected to fall.
01:01Red means there's a potential danger to life, so people need to take this seriously, and
01:06they need not to travel unless it's necessary.
01:09From multiple agencies, warnings of power cuts, falling trees and flying debris, and
01:14the likelihood of flooding and dangerously fast-flowing water, while large waves could
01:18hit seafronts, homes and roads.
01:21The gusts being up to 90-mile-an-hour, actually, they are quite dangerous.
01:25You will struggle to stand up.
01:27If you're at the beach, you will be seeing big crashing waves coming in, high tide especially.
01:33If you're on a clifftop, you need to be really careful because those gusts will knock you
01:38off your feet.
01:39People are being discouraged from traveling due to expected disruption across sea, road
01:43and rail.
01:44Some train services are already being cancelled.
01:47When the red warning passes, which should be at about 11 o'clock, is that instead of
01:51running passenger trains from the word go, we'll run empty trains.
01:56Those trains will have chainsaw gangs on them from Network Rail, and we will check that
01:59the lines are clear before we restore the passenger service.
02:02So my advice to passengers who want to travel tomorrow is to plan your journey from lunchtime
02:06onwards.
02:08Tough decisions for businesses, too.
02:10Cardiff and Swansea's winter wonderlands will come to a standstill tomorrow, and many festive
02:15events across Wales will be closed, cancelled or postponed.
02:19Natural Resources Wales are closing many of their facilities.
02:23Also shut is the National Botanic Garden of Wales in Carmarthenshire, who've taken the
02:27unusual decision to protect visitors and staff.
02:30We're on a historic landscape, so we have seven listed buildings, all of which are potentially
02:38going to have damage to them, as well as propagation glasshouses and a whole host of other facilities
02:44across the site that we just have to be cautious of.
02:47On the Aberystwyth seafront, restaurants and hotels have had cancellations.
02:50They're focused now on battening down the hatches.
02:54We had some pretty substantial furniture bolted in on the grounds, just outside, directly
02:58outside the restaurants.
03:00But we did have one come away from the ground and actually pull up some concrete slabs with
03:05it last night with the winds, so we've decided to move all of these into a safer position
03:10away from any exposure for the evening to make sure that there's no harm done.
03:16As Darra approaches, many in Wales are now bracing themselves for what's about to come.