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16 pictures that show how June floods rocked Flintshire, Wrexham and Denbighshire

But the downpours have not dampened everyone's spirits

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John Jennings of Burton enjoys a pint in The Alyn beer garden as the Alyn River looks set to burst its banks. Photo by Ian Cooper
John Jennings of Burton enjoys a pint in The Alyn beer garden as the Alyn River looks set to burst its banks. Photo by Ian Cooper

As torrential rain battered North Wales, there was one man who failed to let it dampen his spirits.

John Jennings from Burton whipped off his coat, shoes and socks and enjoyed a pint in a beer garden...knee deep in the River Alyn in Wrexham.

The torrential downpours saw trains cancelled, roads in Flintshire, Wrexham and Denbighshire closed and dozens of residents saw their homes submerged as councils battled to hand out sandbags.

LIVE: Roads and railway lines closed, homes evacuated and school shut as heavy rain floods parts of North Wales  

The areas worst hit by the deluge were Wrexham, Mancot, Sandycroft, Dyserth, Rhyl and Llangollen.

Loggerheads Country Park was also closed due to rising flood levels and Sandycroft CP school was shut.

Full list of roads closed in North Wales because of the flooding  

Some flood alerts are currently in place in Bangor on Dee, Clwyd and catchment areas around the River Clwyd from Clocaenog to Rhuddlan, Mold, Pontblyddyn, Rosset, Rhyd-y-goleu and Alyn.

Further heavy rain is also expected tomorrow.

  1. Flooding in Mancot, Deeside

    Flooding in Church View, Mancot in Deeside

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  2. Marianna Mulder with Stewart Crofts outside their flooded home on Church View. Photo by Ian Cooper

    Marianna Mulder with Stewart Crofts outside their flooded home on Church View.

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  3. Ian Bentley from Newtown Farm on Chester Road, Sandycroft says the floods have devastated his fields and ruined grazing for his sheep and cattle.

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  4. John Jennings of Burton enjoys a pint in The Alyn beer garden

    John Jennings of Burton enjoys a pint in The Alyn beer garden

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  5. Flooding on Hamilton Avenue in Sandycroft

    Flooding on Hamilton Avenue in Sandycroft

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  6. Stewart Crofts of Church View does what he can to mop up the water

    Stewart Crofts of Church View does what he can to mop up the water

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  7. Sandycroft CP School closed due to flooding

    Sandycroft CP School closed due to flooding

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  8. Sandbags outside properties in Mancot

    Sandbags outside properties in Mancot

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  9. Loggerheads Country Park was closed due to flooding

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  10. Flooding on Rectors Lane with a tanker brought in from Trade Effluent Services on Deeside Industrial Estate to help stranded residents in Mancot

    Flooding on Rectors Lane with a tanker brought in from Trade Effluent Services on Deeside Industrial Estate to help stranded residents in Mancot

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  11. Nicky and Sadie, neighbours, outside their homes on Erddig Road

    Nicky and Sadie, neighbours, outside their homes on Erddig Road

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  12. Hamilton Avenue in Sandycroft is impassable

    Hamilton Avenue in Sandycroft is impassable

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  13. Church View in Mancot has been flooded

    Church View in Mancot

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  14. Motorists have to contend with standing flood water following heavy rainfall on Mold Road in Wrexham

     Motorists have to contend with standing flood water following heavy rainfall on Mold Road in Wrexham

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  15. Heavy rain has caused flooding in Flint

    Heavy rain caused flooding in the Flint area

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