US EditionCounty Primary School Closes Due to 'Risk of Flooding' as Storm Approaches
Ewyas Harold Primary School is closed as Storm Claudia’s heavy rain and winds raise flood risks on saturated ground, with some areas forecast to receive up to 150mm of rain.
- On November 14, Ewyas Harold Primary School will be closed to students, Herefordshire Council posted the closure on its school closure page.
- On November 13, the Met Office upgraded its warning as Spain's national meteorological service named Storm Claudia, forecasting slow-moving rain over saturated ground raising flood risks.
- Met Office forecasts of 60-80 mm and isolated higher totals include some amber warning areas exceeding 150mm, with gusts of 50-70mph increasing flood risk Friday.
- On Friday, local councils closed services and venues after full risk assessments, with Caerphilly Council closing Idris Davies School for children aged three to 18 and Rhondda Cynon Taff council suspending grass pitches, Ynysangharad War Memorial Park, and Treforest Community Recycling Centre.
- Natural Resources Wales issued more than 20 flood alerts and a risk map for Friday and Saturday, warning flooding is expected in Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Cardiff, and other areas; the AA urged avoiding travel in `hazardous weather`.
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Storm Claudia nine high-risk areas with school and park closures announced - The Mirror
The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for rain in parts of Wales as Storm Claudia is set to bring heavy rain and strong winds to the country on Friday and Saturday
Autumn progresses without pause and the time that characterizes it is becoming remarkable in Spain. In an era marked by instability and the progressive decrease of temperatures, the last days have been starred by the blur Claudia. This front has reached its highest point last Wednesday and Thursday, with accumulated more than 80 l/m2 and gusts of wind up to 100 kilometers per hour, affecting mainly the Canary Islands, where there have been incid…
Storm Claudia warning with nine areas of Wales most at risk as councils announce school and park closures
Weather presenter Derek Brockway says that heavy rain reached south Wales on Thursday evening with winds increasing and rivers rising with a threat of flooding
In the early morning hours of this Thursday, Claudia has caused 120 incidents communicated to the emergency services of the islands, which have affected municipalities of Tenerife and Gran Canaria, and unloaded precipitations that are around 80 liters per square metre in several points of Gran Canaria. According to the prediction of the Spanish Agency of Meteorology (Aemet), Claudia will continue to affect the archipelago throughout the day, and…
Throughout this Thursday the archipelago has recorded accumulated of almost 100 liters and winds of 87 km/h, as confirmed by the president of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales, who has explained that the worst "has already passed". The most important thing, he has warned, is that "water is entering" the dams after "many times of drought", which made them "empty". The storm has provoked about 120 incidents during the first hours of the…
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