AFTER a weekend of snow, the Met Office has issued a new weather warning for Gwent. Gwent awoke to a winter wonderland on Sunday, and forecasters are warning of more wet and windy weather over the coming days. Some parts of the UK saw 17cm of snow over the weekend, and, while snowfall wasn t that heavy in Gwent, there was plenty to enjoy.
This picture, from Beechwood Park, was sent in by David Brown Met Office spokesman Oli Claydon said it was the “snowiest spell” the UK had experienced since late January 2019, when 20 weather stations in England recorded accumulations of 5cm or more for three days consecutively.
In Usk, river levels reached the top of the arches under the town s bridge, and pockets of farmland around the town were completely submerged after the river overflowed in places. There were high river levels, too, in Monmouth – but a feared repeat of last year s widespread and serious flooding did not materialise.
Flooded fields in Llangybi after Storm Christoph. Picture: South Wales Argus Camera Club member David Price
Flooded farmland near Usk in the aftermath of Storm Christoph. “It’s such a worrying time for people who face potential flooding, we are thinking of you all, council leader Peter Fox said. The recent flooding events have been distressing for so many.