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A weather warning and flood alerts remain in place in parts of North Wales today as forecasters warn stormy conditions are approaching.

The Met Office issued a yellow weather warning for rain in Wrexham, which is due to come into force at around 3pm today and remain in place until midnight.

On Monday morning, the weather warning was amended so that it now only covers parts of Wrexham, having previously covered all of North Wales when issued over the weekend.

But heavy rain is still set to hammer all parts of North Wales today.

In Wrexham, forecasters said there could be travel disruption and interruption to power supplies and other services as a result of the weather, with localised flooding possible.

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A Met Office spokesman said: "An area of heavy rain is expected to move northeast during Monday afternoon and evening before clearing these areas from the west later in the day.

"15 to 30mm of rain is expected to fall quite widely, then bulk of this in six hours, with 40mm or so across some of the higher ground of south Wales.

"With the ground having been left wet by heavy rain over the weekend, some flooding is likely."

The spokesman added that rainfall is set to clear faster than previously feared on Monday evening, and be focused more on southern and eastern parts of Wales.

A warning that was in place for Tuesday has also been amended and no longer covers parts of North Wales.

Heavy rain set to arrive

As expected, forecasters are predicting that the worst of the rain will be in Wrexham.

Heavy rain is set to begin coming down at 3pm and will continue until around 10pm, leading to the potential for flooding.

Although the rest of North Wales is exempt from the weather warning, heavy rain is still set to hit.

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Flintshire will experience heavy downpours from 3pm until around midnight tonight, while Denbighshire will see heavy downpours from about 4pm until midnight.

It is a similar story further west, with heavy rain in Conwy from 3pm until around midnight, and downpours in Gwynedd from 2pm until around 9pm.

Again, on Anglesey there will be downpours from 2pm which will remain in place until around 10pm.

Flood alerts

Four flood alerts remain in place, according to Natural Resources Wales.

A total of 13 were issued over the weekend, but nine of those alerts have now been removed.

The alerts that remain in force relate to the Lower Dee Valley from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows and the Upper Dee Valley from Llanuwchllyn to Llangollen, including Corwen.

An alert is also in place across the entire North Wales coast, from the Dee estuary down past Anglesey and to the Aberdyfi area.

On Sunday, Natural Resources Wales said: “The high tides continue to cause concern along the coast over the next two days but with the forecast rain it is important to remember there remains a risk of inland flooding from rivers and surface water.

“We are working alongside our partners from the emergency services and local authorities to minimise the risk to communities.

“We want people to be aware that flood water can be extremely dangerous, and people should not attempt to walk or drive through it unless instructed by the emergency services.”