STORM Callum has left its mark on Dwyfor and Meirionnydd after heavy rainfall and lashing winds rattled the area.

Last Friday and Saturday there was a slew of floods, downed trees, a landslides and huge waves battering the coastline.

The heavy rain, predicted in a Met Office yellow weather warning, helped fill the region’s already swollen rivers causing 14 flood alerts across north Wales.

Natural Resources Wales issued flood alerts in the catchment areas of Mawddach and Wnion, Dyfi, Glaslyn and Dwyryd, Upper Dee Valley from Llanuwchllyn to Llangollen including Corwen, Dolgellau, and Dysynni amongst others.

Dolgellau’s new flood defences were tested to capacity as rain lashed down but withheld, although the town’s playing fields were left submerged under vast pools of water.

The alert meant that flooding is ‘possible’ but not necessarily ‘expected’ but warns people to be prepared.

High winds also wreaked havoc as the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway had to “severely curtail” their train services, after nine trees fell onto the line.

Regular train services across the region were also cancelled on the final weekend of the Arriva Wales Train franchise.

North Wales Police also announced that the B4391, between Rhos y Gwaliau and Llangynog, near Llyn Tegid was closed due to a landslide.

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