Many homes and businesses have been flooded as parts of mid and south Ceredigion bore the full brunt of Storm Callum on Friday and over the weekend.

Heavy rain and high winds saw the River Teifi swell to record levels - more than 15ft (4.5m) on Saturday - which led to major flooding in Lampeter, Llandysul, Newcastle Emlyn, Llechryd and Llanybydder.

Nine boats costing thousands of pounds sank in Aberaeron harbour, while the headquarters of Llandysul Paddlers Canoe Club were badly damaged.

In Lampeter, the closure of Teifi Bridge and a number of roads meant the town was at one point almost cut off.

The Co-op store and its car park were flooded by a couple of feet of water and remained closed today.

“I’ve lived here for the best part of 25 years and I’ve never seen flooding like this,” town deputy mayor Cllr Rob Phillips told the Cambrian News.

“Obviously, we get the river going high every so often but nothing like on this scale although I guess we’re lucky most of the town is not in the flood zone.

“While you do have to plan for what you can reasonably expect, we seem to be getting more of these extreme weather events nowadays.

“So we need to look at those living in more vulnerable areas and consider ways we can perhaps offer them better protection.”

Further down the Teifi, Llechryd Bridge was completely submerged and the road into Cenarth from Abercych impassable due to several feet of water.

Bridges at Newcastle Emlyn and Cenarth remained closed while structural engineers checked for signs of damage.

For more coverage of the floods, see this week’s Cambrian News, on sale on Wednesday