Emergency services on Cinderhill Sreet after severe flooding due to Storm Claudia, in Monmouth, South Wales, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
Emergency services near the River Monnow after severe flooding due to Storm Claudia, in Monmouth, South Wales, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
A woman is wheeled away as emergency services arrive after severe flooding due to Storm Claudia, in Monmouth, South Wales, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
Emergency services on Cinderhill Sreet after severe flooding due to Storm Claudia, in Monmouth, South Wales, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)
LONDON (AP) — Dozens of people were rescued or evacuated from homes in Wales after a river overflowed and swamped the town of Monmouth during heavy rains from Storm Claudia that drenched parts of the U.K. and Ireland.
Aerial footage showed roads under muddy brown water, submerged cars and businesses along its main street flooded after the River Monnow rose to a record level and spilled over its banks.
Nearly 12 centimeters (4.7 inches) of rain fell in southeast Wales overnight and there was also some flooding in England from the storm that brought damaging winds that downed trees. Several rail lines were disrupted by high water or toppled trees.
“I personally haven’t seen it so bad for probably 40 years," since flood defenses were put in place for Monmouth, said Peter Fox, a Conservative member of the Welsh Parliament.
The center of the town near the border of England is just upstream of where the Monnow joins the River Wye, the fourth-largest river in the U.K.
Some 50 flood warnings were still in place across England on Saturday afternoon as a cold spell was expected to bring subfreezing temperatures to parts of the U.K. in coming days.
Flooding was also reported in Portarlington, Ireland, and further damage was possible with some rivers not yet reaching their peaks. The high winds also knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses and trees blocked roads.
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