FLOOD alerts have been issued for many areas of Pembrokeshire today, December 5, including both the Eastern and Western Cleddau.
Posting on Twitter, FloodAlerts, an application provided by the Environment Agency, has issued warnings for the Western and Eastern Cleddau areas, north and west Pembrokeshire, and south Pembrokeshire.
The warnings for the Eastern and Western Cleddau, and north and west Pembrokeshire areas state: “The rainfall is forecast to continue until 6pm today, December 5. The heaviest rainfall has now cleared the area. The combination of ground conditions, existing river levels and forecast rainfall quantities gives a high risk of flooding of low-lying land during the next 12 hours.
“Eastern Cleddau. The rainfall is forecast to continue until 6 PM on Wednesday 5th December 2018. The heaviest rainfall has now cleared the areas. The combination of ground conditions, existing river levels and forecast rainfall quantities gives a high risk of flooding of low-lying land during the next 12 hours.”
The south Pembrokeshire warning states: “Due to restrictions at the tidal outfall, river levels in the River Ritec in the Salterns area of Tenby are likely to remain high for a number of days. You may notice river levels rising slightly as each high tide arrives.”
For more details on weather warnings in Pembrokeshire see here.
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