Live updates as powerful gusts bring down trees and block roads in Wales

More strong winds and heavy rain are on the way to Wales on Thursday after thunderstorms caused power cuts and brought down trees on Wednesday.

A tornado brought down a row of trees, closing part of the A470. The A470 between Builth Wells and Erwood was closed at 1.45pm on Wednesday afternoon (November 23) following the incident, and remains shut this morning. The A4066 in Carmarthenshire is also closed both directions because of a fallen tree between Llanmiloe and Laugharne .

A Met Office yellow weather warning is in place for wind and rain on Thursday. The alert covers the whole of Wales and is in place from 10am until 7pm. Forecasters have warned there may be impacts to road, rail, air and ferry transport, with flooding possible in homes and businesses. Gusts of up to 70mph along parts of the coast are forecast, while exposed areas and higher ground are also set to be affected. You can get more weather news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.

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Met Office meteorologist Ellie Wilson said: "The strongest winds will be on the western coasts, with some pretty strong gusts of 40 to 50mph inland, with the possibility of 60 to 70mph gusts at the coasts."

Forecasters say a front will arrive late morning and up to 20mm of rain could fall in one to two hours. It will move through pretty quickly by the middle of the afternoon, but a bank of rain will then follow it throughout the afternoon. The wind won't ease until Friday morning, especially at the coast, but the Met Office said it was difficult to predict whether there would be structural damage. Ms Wilson said: "It depends how