Overview
- South Wales Fire and Rescue declared a major incident in Monmouth, reporting fast‑moving water, blocked roads and ongoing evacuations and rescues with multiple agencies.
- Natural Resources Wales listed four severe flood warnings, signalling significant risk to life, alongside further warnings and alerts across affected river catchments.
- More than 90 Environment Agency flood warnings remained in force on Saturday morning after widespread heavy rain delivered roughly a month’s rainfall in some areas.
- Rail disruption persisted with closures on key routes including Shrewsbury–Newport and Hereford–Worcester, National Rail advising against travel on some sections and Transport for Wales unable to guarantee replacement road transport; tickets are being accepted on other operators or later dates.
- Ireland reported thousands without power, localised flooding, road blockages and canceled Dublin–Holyhead ferries, as forecasters said brief further rain would give way to a colder, drier spell next week with a UK cold weather alert in place from Monday.