NATIONAL Resources Wales has issued flood warnings for tonight and tomorrow for Aberaeron, Aberystwyth, Cardigan, Borth and Clarach Bay.

Winds are forecast to be Force 8 from a westerly direction and large waves are predicted.

High tide tonight will be 8.06pm, and at 8.27am on Wednesday morning.

Residents are being warned to stay away from the seafront, in particular beaches, promenades and coastal footpaths.

Flooding could affect the fire station and the Glan y Mor housing complex in Aberaeron, cellars on Aberystwyth seafront, low-lying land and buildings in Borth, caravan parks in Clarach Bay and properties near the riverbank in Cardigan, says NRW.

And rail customers are being advised to check before they travel this evening and tomorrow morning after the Met Office issued a yellow weather warning.

Due to the strong winds forecast, in order to keep customers and colleagues safe, Arriva Trains Wales and Network Rail have agreed to implement emergency speed restrictions across most of the routes in Wales and Borders, from 9pm tonight until 6am tomorrow. This will result in changes to some Arriva Trains Wales services during this time.

Arriva Trains Wales and Network Rail will be putting extra staff and standby buses in key locations, however, passengers should ensure they check their journey on nationalrail.co.uk or journeycheck.com/arrivatrainswales/ before travelling to see if their journey is affected.

Bethan Jelfs, customer services director at Arriva Trains Wales, said: “Severe weather can be incredibly dangerous for the railway in that it can result in debris, such as trees falling on to the track, flooding and other risks. In order to keep our colleagues and our customers safe, we may need to make last minute alterations to some services. These changes could include changes to train time, reduced carriages on some services or replacement buses.

“We will be doing everything we can to keep customers moving safely, but it is really important that customers check before they travel as we will be monitoring the impact of the storm on the network in real time, and the situation may change at short notice depending on the impact of weather."