1.7K views · 62 reactions | Please note that due to damage from Storm Arwen, the road from Garreg Ddu to Claerwen is currently closed to the public (open to residents only). The road from Garreg Ddu to Pen y Garreg is also still closed, due to ongoing forestry works. Pen y Garreg and Craig Goch are both accessible from the Aberystwyth Mountain Road, and both are currently overflowing! | Elan Valley | Facebook

This is what a storm looks like from the inside of a lifeboat. This footage, taken during Storm Arwen, shows the conditions New Quay Lifeboat station faced as they raced to the rescue of an ocean rowing boat. Facing gusts of gale-force 9 winds, they aimed to get to the rowers as quickly as they could. First to reach the scene was the Maritime and Coastguard Agency rescue helicopter. They discovered that one of the rowers had a head injury and took him straight to hospital, as the three other row