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divdiv class=story-body readability=42 span class=story-date#13; span class=date2 November 2013/span#13; span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time12:01 ET/span#13; #13; /span#13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; #13; a class=hidden href=#story_continues_1Continue reading the main story/a!-- NEWSSPEC-3154 [start] --#13; link href=/news/special/shared/slideshow/css/slideshow.css?cachebuster=cb000000006 rel=stylesheet type=text/css/#13; !-- NEWSSPEC-3154 [end] -- #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1Storm-force winds have brought down trees and caused difficult driving conditions in Wales, with warnings of a flood risk into Sunday./p#13; pNatural Resources Wales (NRW) said 10 flood warnings are currently in place in coastal areas of Wales, with concerns over high tides./p#13; pThe old Severn M48 and Cleddau bridges were closed with speed limits on the Britannia bridge./p#13; pGusts hitting 70 knots (80mph) have been reported on exposed coasts./p#13; pa href=http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/wl/wl_forecast_warnings.htmlThe Met Office /ahas recorded strong gusts on coasts ranging from the Bristol Channel to the Llyn Peninsula./p#13; pBoth South Wales and Dyfed-Powys Police have been called to fallen trees blocking roads./p#13; pDyfed-Powys said it was receiving a high volume of calls reporting trees down and other damage caused by high winds throughout the force area./p#13; pSouth Wales had received reports of 13 fallen trees in an hour./p#13; pThere is a yellow [be aware] warning for wind, with a forecast is for heavy, blustery showers with very strong winds continuing overnight. By dawn, winds may start to ease a little inland, with some clear spells in the east./p#13; pNRW said with the weather conditions expected to continue on Saturday evening into Sunday, combined with the high tides, there could cause localised flooding with sea spray and overtopping particularly Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and the Newport coast./p#13; pTen flood warnings were in place at 15:30 GMT for: Tidal areas at Penrhyn Bay, Llanddulas and Kinmel Bay in Conwy; Borth, Clarach Bay and Aberystwyth in Ceredigion; Newgale and Dale in Pembrokeshire, Penclawdd in Swansea, Newton and Porthcawl in Bridgend county./p#13; pThere were also alerts from Swansea Bay, Gower and the Carmarthenshire coast./p#13; #13; pOfficers from a href=http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/34678.aspx?type=Regionamp;term=WalesNatural Resources Wales/a are monitoring sea surge, wind and waves as it could lead to further alerts being issued and possibly tidal flood warnings./p#13; pThe Britannia Bridge over to Anglesey has a 30mph speed limit. /p#13; pOn the M48 there are speed restrictions on the old Severn bridge with one lane currently closed. In Pembrokeshire, the Cleddau Bridge was closed after an earlier closure to high-sided vehicles./p#13; pA 50mph limit was also set on the M4's Briton Ferry bridge./p#13; pA fallen tree has blocked the A473 at Park Street in Bridgend, with police saying it was likely to be blocked near Glan-Y-Parc for some time./p#13; pMore falling trees were blocking the A48 at St Nicholas in the Vale of Glamorgan and the A4139 at Bush Hill in Pembroke. /p#13; pSwansea coastguard said it had advised two people to get off the pier at Porthcawl, Bridgend county, due to the waves breaking over it. A coastguard team was at the pier./p#13; pA spokesman said: It's pretty rough down there./p#13; pMilford Haven Coastguard said a vessel in the haven recorded a gust of 70 knots (80mph) at around 14:30 GMT./p#13; pWestern Power Distribution report a power cut affecting homes in the Pontaddulais area./p#13; pemFor the latest on flood alerts and warnings and how you can prepare go to /ema href=http://www.naturalresourceswales.gov.uk Natural Resources Wales/aem or call Floodline 0845 988 1188./em/p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center