The Met Office has declared an amber weather warning and is predicting heavy rainfall to continue today until almost midnight this evening advises County Councillor Richard John.

Two flood warnings have been issued by Natural Resources Wales so far in the Vale of Glamorgan and Carmarthenshire. No flooding warnings have been issued by NRW for Monmouthshire at present and river levels on the Monnow, Wye and Trothy are at normal levels.

The M48 Severn Bridge is closed in both directions and will remain closed all day. We are not aware of any other road closures.

MCC has restocked supplies of sandbags but has issued a warning that in a rural county of over 40,000 properties, it may not be possible to provide sandbags to all those who need them so residents are advised to source their own if their property or business is at high risk of flooding. MCC is strongly advising residents who might need sandbags to source them from builders’ merchants.

MCC can be contacted on 01633 644644