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| Wales weather: Roads hit by snow and localised flooding | Wales weather: Roads hit by snow and localised flooding |
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| Snow and localised flooding are causing traffic problems on some routes across Wales with forecasters warning heavy rain is expected to return. | Snow and localised flooding are causing traffic problems on some routes across Wales with forecasters warning heavy rain is expected to return. |
| Roads are affected in south Wales and a lorry jack-knifed in snow leading to queuing traffic on the A483 Wrexham bypass northbound between A5 Halton Roundabout and A5152 Wrexham Road. | |
| The Met Office issued a yellow warning meaning "be aware" for heavy rain and strong wind on Monday evening and Tuesday. | The Met Office issued a yellow warning meaning "be aware" for heavy rain and strong wind on Monday evening and Tuesday. |
| Two flood warnings and 13 alerts have also been issued by Natural Resources Wales. | Two flood warnings and 13 alerts have also been issued by Natural Resources Wales. |
| Among other incidents caused by the weather: | |
| More heavy rain and strong winds are expected from Tuesday onwards for which a yellow warning for rain has been issued. More flooding is also expected. | More heavy rain and strong winds are expected from Tuesday onwards for which a yellow warning for rain has been issued. More flooding is also expected. |
| Gusty winds may be an added hazard in some places, forecasters have said. | Gusty winds may be an added hazard in some places, forecasters have said. |
| As river levels rose, a search was launched on Sunday afternoon for a kayaker who had disappeared in the swollen River Usk at Llangynidr, near Crickhowell in Powys. | As river levels rose, a search was launched on Sunday afternoon for a kayaker who had disappeared in the swollen River Usk at Llangynidr, near Crickhowell in Powys. |
| A kayak was later found and the search for the missing man has been hampered by the poor weather conditions . | |
| High winds caused power cuts on Saturday and Sunday affecting 64,200 properties in communities, from Pembrokeshire to Torfaen. | High winds caused power cuts on Saturday and Sunday affecting 64,200 properties in communities, from Pembrokeshire to Torfaen. |
| A landslip caused disruptions to trains between Abergavenny and Hereford on Sunday, while a large sinkhole appeared on the B4265 St Brides Road at Wick, Vale of Glamorgan. | A landslip caused disruptions to trains between Abergavenny and Hereford on Sunday, while a large sinkhole appeared on the B4265 St Brides Road at Wick, Vale of Glamorgan. |
| Meanwhile, BBC Wales' Week In Week Out programme has discovered that coastal communities could face being abandoned as rising sea levels mean the cost of maintaining defences can no longer be justified. | |
| The programme has discovered councils around Wales are already planning "managed retreat" despite Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies saying the Welsh government is not considering it at present. | |
| Week in Week Out: Tuesday, 11 February, 22.35 GMT, BBC1 Wales. |