There remain 15 flood alerts and warnings in place in Wales as the clean-up operation from Storm Darragh continues. Winds will gradually ease with noticeably less rainfall by Wednesday but temperatures will stay in the single figures, the Met Office said.
The fourth named storm of the season brought strong gusts of more than 93mph to parts of Wales over the weekend, with millions warned to stay indoors. Two men were killed by falling trees hitting their vehicles on Saturday.
The highest wind gusts were 96mph, recorded at Berry Head in Devon on Saturday and 93mph in Conwy. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses in Wales remain without power.
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National Grid said on Monday morning that there were 31,972 properties currently without power across south and mid Wales, with Scottish Power also reporting outages across north and mid Wales. For the latest Welsh news delivered to your inbox sign up to our newsletter
On Monday, Natural Resources Wales has got two flood warnings and 13 flood alerts in place on Monday morning. The warnings are on the River Wye at Monmouth and on the River Dee communities from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows.
The alerts are on the Vyrnwy catchment, the Lower Severn catchment area in Powys, Upper Towy, Lower Towy, Lower and Upper Teifi, Rivers Wye and Monnow in Monmouthshire, River Dee at Bangor on Dee, River Alyn at Pontblyddyn, River Alyn at Rossett and at Mold, the Upper Dee catchment and the Alyn and Lower Dee catchments.
Train services in parts of England and Wales also remain disrupted, with several lines closed due to fallen trees and debris. Transport for Wales said all railway lines are blocked on 11 routes, such as between Swansea and Milford Haven, between Swansea and Shrewsbury, between Birmingham International and Shrewsbury, and between Chester and Holyhead.
Great Western Railway said passengers should “not attempt to travel” between Swansea and Carmarthen until at least noon, or on the Looe, St Ives and Gunnislake branch lines in Cornwall until at least 11am. Passengers who choose not to travel on Monday can claim a full refund on their ticket or travel on Tuesday.
Following major disruption from Storm Darragh over the weekend, National Rail Enquiries warned “services may be busier than normal today and experience severe overcrowding”.
Met Office meteorologist Liam Eslick said: “Storm Darragh has now moved its way off towards the south east, so things are going to start to settle down over the next couple of days. But it is still going to remain quite blustery, especially for south and south east of England, for the next day at least.”
Much of Wales will see calmer winds and plenty of sunshine due to an area of high pressure moving in, but will feel chilly with highs in the mid to low single figures. Any remaining winds will die down by Tuesday, with the exception of areas around the English Channel and southern coast.
There will again be longer sunny spells developing in northern parts of the country while cloud will settle across Wales and southern England, but temperatures will widely remain low. Some widespread fog will develop under clear skies in the north overnight into Wednesday morning and could be slow to clear.
More breaks in the persistent cloud cover for southern areas on Wednesday will lead to sunnier spells through the afternoon, and a much drier day nationally, with only East Anglia at risk of some light showers, Mr Eslick said.