In Pictures: Flooding in Wales
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Tidal flooding hit communities across Wales as the highest spring tide since 1997 combined with a 1m (3ft) storm surge. As the waves rolled in, Simon Forster took this photo in Swansea Bay
Four severe flood warnings were in place around the coast of Wales, including one for here, Barmouth, Gwynedd. Dave Harding took this photo of the flooded cafe on the seafront.
Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, was among the seafronts pounded by waves as the tide reached its height.
People had advance warning of the expected tidal surge. Some used sandbags to protect their property as best they could.
The high tide brought waves crashing into the seafront at Criccieth on Gwynedd's Lleyn Peninsula.
Staff at the Last Inn pub in Barmouth, Gwynedd, reported 15in (38cm) of floodwater in the building.
Steven Griffiths, of Llanelli, was woken before dawn by thunder as the storm moved in and he went out at first light to see the extent of flooding in Llangennech.
The flooding at Borth-y-Gest near Porthmadog left it hard to tell where the land stopped and sea began.