Roads closed... trees uprooted... tiles and slates ripped off roofs

Pembrokeshire has been clearing up after being battered by high winds and rain earlier this week as Storm Barney hit the county.

A number of weather-related incidents were dealt with by Pembrokeshire County Council and Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service after westerly to west south-westerly winds averaging around 57 - 60 mph, with gusts of 76 mph being recorded on Tuesday evening.

The local authority reported a road section at High Street, Tenby, was closed due to roof tiles coming off, while the Cleddau Bridge was closed to all traffic for a time. A traffic system was also in place at Carew Bridge to minimise congestion. A tree down was attended to and cleared by council crews at New Hedges.

Pembrokeshire College was also closed for evening classes due to a power cut.

Fire crews, meanwhile, were also busy attending incidents.

Narberth crew was called to deal with slates off a roof on a property in the town at 12.31 pm, Tenby and Haverfordwest were called to loose slates on a commercial property in Tenby at 1.49 pm, Crymych was called to loose slates on a residential property in the village at 2.11 pm, Tenby and Haverfordwest crews were called to Kiln Park Garage, where roofing material had become loose, at 3.43 pm and again at 6.45 pm, Tenby was called to a TV aerial swinging off a roof in the town at 5.16 pm and a fallen tree in New Hedges that was causing a danger to oncoming traffic at 5.34 pm.

Elsewhere, two crews from Pembroke Dock were called to unsafe scaffolding and loose slates at residential properties in Pennar at 6.25 pm, while later, Tenby and Haverfordwest were called to loose slates on a property at a commercial property in the town at 7.36 pm.

Last shout of the day saw Pembroke Dock called to an unsecured rooftop greenhouse in the town at 9.13 pm.

There was no let up in the weather on Wednesday, with Tenby called to various incident in the town, one involving a TV aerial overhanging a footpath in the town at 9.19 am, loose slates on a residential property at 9.39 am, an unsafe aerial at 10.25 am, unsafe scaffolding at a property at 11.32 am and with Haverfordwest to loose slates on the roof of a property at 11.49 am.

Narberth, meanwhile, were called to an unsafe floodlight at the Bluestone Holiday Park at 10.37 am, loose slates on the roof of a property in Templeton at 12.07 pm and to unsafe aerials and loose slates at a property in the town at 1.07 pm.