Wales Storms Cut Power, Rail and Ferry Services — SkimNews
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- Storm Boelo followed Storm Austen over the weekend, when an 84mph (135km/h) wind gust was recorded at Capel Curig, Conwy county, on Saturday with 2.1in (54.6mm) of rain; most of Wales was outside a weather warning, although a yellow wind warning covered parts of north Wales until 21:00 GMT on Sunday.
- Natural Resources Wales had four flood warnings for the River Ely in place at 09:20 on Sunday and one warning at Ely Bridge in Cardiff, alongside 14 flood alerts across Wales, and urged people hit by flooding to go to a safe place; river levels were expected to fall.
- SP Energy was handling 16 power-cut incidents across north and mid Wales, five of them on Anglesey, while National Grid said more than 150 homes in Ceredigion were without power and apologised for the disruption.
- Transport for Wales said buses were running instead of a number of train services, with the line blocked between Cardiff Central and Bridgend and flooding on the railway between Bridgend and Maesteg.
- Stenaline cancelled its 10:00 Holyhead–Dublin sailing and said other services might be delayed; Irish Ferries cancelled two further sailings on the same route, the Pembroke–Rosslare ferry was also cancelled, and later sailings were due to continue.
- Cowbridge Road reopened at 12:00 after high water closed it in Ely, Cardiff, while police in north Wales warned of debris and fallen trees on the A470 between the Black Cat Roundabout and Llanrwst, and Rhondda Cynon Taf council reported numerous trees down.
- Haven Sports Surf Shop posted video showing seals sheltering under parked cars along the Broad Haven seafront in Pembrokeshire, warning of washed-up seals near the beach.
Why it matters: Welsh passengers and households bear the disruption directly: buses replaced blocked and flooded rail lines, four sailings were cancelled, and SP Energy was handling 16 outages with more than 150 Ceredigion homes still dark. Most of Wales sat outside a weather warning during Boelo, so the damage came from river flooding and fallen trees, not a blanket alert.
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