Welsh caravan park evacuated amid 'significant risk to life' warning issued over Storm Ciarán
01.11.2023 - 23:29
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A caravan park has been evacuated amid warnings Storm Ciarán will cause a "significant risk to life." A severe flood warning has been issued for the area around River Ritec, near Tenby in South Wales.
It extends to the Kiln Park caravan site which has already experienced some flooding ahead of the coming storm.
According to Natural Resources Wales, many guests have already left the site, and the flooding is expected to worsen due to the potentially record-breaking levels of rainfall set to come over the next few days.
After releasing the warning, as reported by North Wales Live, NRW added: "Significant risk to life and disruption to the community is expected for the next high tides. Comply with directions from the emergency services.
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"Be aware some roads in this area may be closed. Strong winds are expected later this evening and this is also likely to cause disruption."
They said water levels will rise over the period of each high tide, with the next high tide at 11pm tonight. They added: "It is possible river levels could reach the highest on record."
Two amber wind warnings, the second highest level of alert, are in place for parts of the south coast of England for when Storm Ciaran hits on Thursday, together with further yellow rain warnings, a lower level which means some disruption could be on the way.
The storm began hitting northern France on Wednesday night bringing intensely strong winds. President Macron told residents in affected areas to ''stay at home and check on your isolated loved ones.'
The storm is also said to