26/12/2015 BBC Wales Today

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Flooding has caused serious problems across North Wales.

Major roads have been shut for most of the day and North Wales Police

are advising people not to travel unless it's essential.

There are 13 flood warnings in place across the country this evening

Fire officers clearing floodwater in Conwy. It is one part of a

multi-agency response to flooding to keep people across North Wales say.

In Llanrwst, the flood barriers were out and so too with buckets. On

Anglesey, homes have been evacuated after Beaumaris's Castle moat burst

its banks. People are staying in a hotel. It is a rope that are

referred usually. In places, Rose looked like rivers. The water is

very, very high and fast flowing. It is important if you got flood waters

near you, keep clear. Don't enter them. Don't drive through them.

Please, stay safe and stay away from the water. It is often contaminated.

Flooding has caused chaos in north-west Wales. The A55 has been

shut between junctions 11 and 15 for most of the day. The A5, be a full

70 and a four 87 have been shut in places. Abandoned cars were carried

along by the water. Not as police are still urging drivers to avoid

heading out. Other people in St Asaph, it has been a worrying day.

Three years after serious flooding with people forced out of their

homes for months, all they can do is wait and hope they wouldn't have to

leave again. It is frightening. We have been up and down since 11

o'clock last night watching the river. It is rising. We're just

waiting to see if we have to move everything. That's all. I just don't

know what to do. The defences there held while people in Corletto to

prevent as much damage as possible. We got a lot of people in the

community who have come down and stopped the car is going backwards

and forwards because it is creating a wave of fact than the water was

swishing up into these houses. Those houses are the ones that always get

it bad when we have a flood. Natural Resources Wales say the worst has

passed but people still need to be vigilant. They say more rain is

expected overnight. Gwent Police are appealing

for information after a 49-year-old motorcyclist died in a collision

on the M4 yesterday evening. The crash happened between junctions

24 and 25 Eastbound The man from Caldicot

in Monmouthshire, died at the scene. The friends of a 31-year-old woman

who was killed in a collision on the A55 in Conwy county

on Christmas Eve, have said her death has left

them broken hearted. Indi Weligamag, was taken

to hospital after her Citroen C1 crashed near Abergele,

but later died. A 24-year-old man is in a serious

condition in hospital South Wales Police were called

to St Helen's Avenue in the city-centre following

a disturbance shortly A 22-year-old local

man has been arrested. Some Boxing Day

football scores next. In the Premier League Swansea have

beaten West Bromwich Albion at home with Ki Sung-yeung scoring

the only goal of the game. Meanwhile Cardiff lost 2-1 away

against the MK Dons. In League Two Newport also

lost away to Barnet. Then in the National League,

Wrexham lost 1-0 to Southport. In the Pro12, the Ospreys edged

a dramatic derby win Eli Walker's second half try,

converted by Dan Biggar, The Ospreys have now won six

of their seven Boxing Day clashes The Welsh Grand National

which was due to take place tomorrow at Chepstow has been called off

because of heavy rain. It was delayed two years ago

because the course was waterlogged and with more rain on the way

tomorrow, officials say they've had It'll now take place on Saturday

the 9th of January. Well, the weather has been causing

serious problems today so let's Throughout the evening and overnight

the rain will move southwards, turning lighter and patchier

by dawn. Feeling mild with lows

of around seven Celsius. If you'd like further information

there's be a full forecast And that's all from

the Wales Today team for now. But until then, enjoy the rest

of your Boxing Day. Good evening. The rain continues to

fall across parts of northern England and Wales and we have a red

weather warning in force, the top level of weather warnings meaning

there is a continued risk to life and the threat of flooding. Right

across northern England and Wales there could be further problems as

the rain continues through the course of this evening. After

midnight the rain will start to ease off but it should be drifting

southwards and easing off as we go through the early hours of Sunday

morning, the rain than arriving across the Midlands, south Wales and

south-west England, but nothing like it has been further north. Largely

dry across Scotland too, chilly across Northern Ireland, some fault

here, very mild in the south-east. Much brighter across northern

England and Northern Wales on Sunday, but the band of rain will

creep back north through the day. It is a much weaker affair, the rain

tomorrow nothing like as intense as it has been today. In Scotland, it

will be dry, very mild again across the south. The drier theme continues

into Monday, however there is the potential for more windy and wet