Hundreds evacuated as River Elwy bursts its banks in St Asaph

01/23

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LtoR: Courtney Cox and Daniel Roberts help 9yr old Skye Thomas to take refuge in a shopping trolley outside the Co-Op in Lower Denbigh Road, St Asaph.

02/23

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RNLI rescue two residents from Dean's Walk in St Asaph.

03/23

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Hundreds evacuated as rivers in North Wales burst their banks.

04/23

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Houses in Is Tefyn experienced the worst of the floods.

05/23

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Hundreds evacuated as rivers in North Wales burst their banks.

06/23

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Hundreds evacuated as rivers in North Wales burst their banks.

07/23

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Lifeboatmen rescue two residents from Dean's Walk in St Asaph.

08/23

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Hundreds evacuated as rivers in North Wales burst their banks. A farm next to the River Elwy is cut off by the rising flood water.

09/23

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Lifeboatmen rescue two residents from Dean's Walk in St Asaph.

10/23

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Lifeboatmen rescue two residents from Dean's Walk in St Asaph.

11/23

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Barbara Pach who has lived in the same street for 36 years said she had never seen anything like the flood before. "The council men came in the in the middle of the night and put sandbags down but the police came and took them away," she said.

12/23

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Lower Denbigh Road in St Asaph runs parallel to the River Elwy and experienced the worst of the floods.

13/23

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Llys Y Felin facing the camera and Tai'r Felin to the right where the body of an elderly lady was recovered from a flooded flat.

14/23

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Hundreds evacuated as rivers in North Wales burst their banks.

15/23

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Three people are forced to walk on a wall to escape the flood.

16/23

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A water emergency team prepare to evacuate residents in lower St Asaph.

17/23

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Terraced houses in Llwyn Elwy off Lower Denbigh Road are badly affected by the floods.

18/23

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Courtney Cox said she thought the Co-Op in Lower Denbigh Road would be open but said "When I looked through the window there was food and drinks floating everywhere.".

19/23

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LtoR: Daniel Roberts and Courtney Cox help 9yr old Skye Thomas take refuge in a Co-Op shopping trolley.

20/23

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LtoR: Daniel Roberts and Courtney Cox help 9yr old Skye Thomas take refuge in a Co-Op shopping trolley.

21/23

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Skye Thomas, aged 9, takes refuge in a Co-Op shopping trolley.

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Skye Thomas, aged 9, takes refuge in a Co-Op shopping trolley on Lower Denbigh Road.

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LtoR: Courtney Cox, Skye Thomas aged 9 and Daniel Roberts outside the Co-Op in Lower Denbigh Road, St Asaph.

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Hundreds of people in St Aspah were evacuated from their homes as the River Elwy burst its banks. Rescue teams including the RNLI used rubber dinghies to ferry people from their homes to a community centre set up as an emergency refuge.