A number of roads across Herefordshire remain closed this morning, following Storm Darragh which brought strong winds and flooding to Herefordshire over the weekend.
Hundreds of homes across Herefordshire remain without power. A small number of properties have been without power since the early hours of Saturday.
National Grid have confirmed that they will pay compensation to households without power for more than 24 hours / 48 hours.
‘We would like to apologise to all our Customers affected by the Storm and thank you for your continued patience whilst we restored supplies.
‘We will be making customer guarantee payments to customers who are eligible under the Standards of Performance Regulations. There is no requirement to make a claim.
‘We will be collating information about all the power outages experienced during the storm period.
‘This will provide us with the information to assess eligibility for customer guarantee payments under the Standards of Performance.
‘This normally takes 10 working days.
‘However, this process may take longer during due to the impact of the storm and the number of customers affected.
‘We would kindly request you check our website and social media for updates on this.
‘For a category 1 storm the payment is £85 for power cuts lasting more than 24 hours (from time of notification) and £40 for each complete 6 hour period thereafter. For a category 2 storm the payment is £85 for power cuts lasting more than 48 hours (from time of notification) and £40 for each complete 6 hour period thereafter.’
A number of roads remain closed as a result of flooding and fallen trees. Please note that this update was provided by Herefordshire Council late on Sunday evening.
Road Closures:
- C1234 Hentland – Closed due to a fallen tree
- U91404 Bonds Green, Broxwood – Closed due to a fallen tree
- U90122 The School Road, Huntington – Closed due to a fallen tree
- U73413 Littlemarsh Common Road, Clehonger – Closed due to a fallen tree
- B4399 Holme Lacy Causeway – Closed due to flooding
- U81244 Greyfriars Avenue, Hereford – Closed due to flooding
- U75220 Bredwardine Hill, Bredwardine – Closed due to a fallen tree
- U93605 Newtown Lane, Leominster – Closed due to flooding
- C1268 Holme Lacy Road – Closed due to flooding
- U72016 Watery Lane, Lower Bullingham – Closed due to flooding
- U72621 Litmarsh Road Marden – Closed due to fallen tree
- U70409 Bulls Hill, Walford – Closed due to fallen tree
- A438 Letton – Closed due to flooding
- U92403 Lower Yatton – Closed due to fallen tree
- U92412 Buzzards Lane – Closed due to fallen tree
- C1308 Little Marcle Road – Closed due to a sagging cable
- A4113 from A4110 to Manor Farm – Closed due to flooding
- C1098 Bridge Sollers – Closed due to a fallen tree
- U71205 Boat Lane, Glewstone – Closed due to an abandoned vehicle in the road
- C1122 Wellington – Closed due to flooding
- C1195 Peterchurch – Closed due to flooding
Roads now open:
- U72413 Shelwick Lane, Munstone
- C1197 Stretton Sugwas to the A438
- U90131 Brickyard Road, Kingswood
- C1222 Allensmore
- A465 Stoke Lacy
- C1271 Bridstow
- B4367 Shropshire Boundary near Bedstone
- B4352 Stoney Street
- C1071 Mahollem Road to Powys Boundry, Huntington
- A4137 Marstow
- U71230 Greenway Lane, Whitchurch
- C1280 Bromsash
- C1125 Sutton St Nicholas
A number of flood alerts and warnings remain in force, particularly on the River Wye.
Levels have peaked in Hay-on-Wye, Bredwardine and Hereford, but continue to rise downstream and Ross-on-Wye and Lydbrook.
A peak of 4.3-4.7 metres is expected in Ross-on-Wye this morning.
Visit – https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/alerts-and-warnings for latest flood alerts and warnings.
This Evening and Tonight:
Staying rather windy this evening but winds easing overnight. Isolated showers for a time but turning largely dry with some clear spells. Feeling cold but remaining generally frost-free. Minimum temperature 4 °C.
Monday:
A breezy but much less windy day. Mainly dry with broken cloud and sunny spells. Feeling chilly in the northeasterly breeze, with temperatures around average. Maximum temperature 8 °C.
Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:
Settled and generally dry through the middle of the week with a mixture of cloud and sunny/clear spells. Frost and freezing fog increasingly likely overnight.
