October flood 2000


At 6.00am on October 30th 2000 the River Ceidiog burst it's banks upstream, sending a torrent down Berwyn Street which runs parallel to the river. However only a few houses had any real damage, residents who have lived in the village for over 40 years had never seen it so high.
A lucky escape compared to some parts of the country.

However the same thing happen the following Monday morning, and as the river was still very high, an even larger torrent was sent down Berwyn Street flooding several houses hundreds of yards away from the river, while those on the riverbank although surrounded by water stayed dry!

 Across the river from Berwyn street - looking down river  Across the river from Berwyn street - looking up river, inches from breeching the bank
Across the river from Berwyn street
looking down river
Up river,
inches from breeching the bank
 Footbridge over River Ceidiog, normally river nowhere to be seen  about 8' higher
Footbridge over River Ceidiog
normally river nowhere to be seen
Footbridge over River Ceidiog
river about 8' higher
 Footbridge looking down river  Footbridge looking up river
Footbridge looking down river
 
Footbridge looking up river
 
 River normally  Same house during flood
River normally
 
Same house during flood
 
 Digging up the lawn to build up the bank  Matter of inches from disaster
building up the bank
 
only just staying in it's bed
 
 The River usually only runs through the centre arch  Running under all the arches
river normaly
 
river in flood
 
 Taken because I thought that the river was high !!!!!!!!  Winter 1999
river in winter
 
river in winter
 
 Footbridge view down river  Footbridge view up river
during the flood
 
during the flood
 
 River bridge normally  Breeching the bank
river normaly
 
bursting the bank