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Liz Perkins

Graves smashed and floral tributes blown away at Welsh cemeteries during Storm Eunice

Families have been left devastated after trees were brought down during Storm Eunice smashing the graves of their loved ones.

Floral tributes were hurled into the air and some sites became too dangerous to visit due to the tree falls.

At Morriston Cemetery in Swansea, trees were torn from their roots and were thrown onto the groundy, scattering items from the graves. Others looked perilously close to collapsing at the site.

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Leah Carter said she was devastated at the scene of the baby garden in Morriston.

She said: “Pictures of Morriston baby crem and garden broke my heart - stay away for now it’s dangerous.”

Concerns were raised that graves had suffered damage in Llanelli as a result of the high winds, which peaked in some areas of Wales at 92mph.

A yellow warning for wind was put in place across Wales from noon on Sunday, February 20 until 3pm on Monday, February 21 due to the conditions.

Falling trees sent floral tributes flying in the stormy weather (Martin Davies)

Winds peaked at 60mph on Saturday, February 19 in the less severe yellow warning area, which covered a swathe of the country.

The alert was in place from Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen to the Vale of Glamorgan.

Martin Davies, of Llanelli, raised concerns over the state of the graves at one of the town's cemeteries in the wake of the high wind.

He said: “Another fallen giant at Old Road Cemetery- this time a tree which was very much alive.

“And no doubt a few more broken headstones.”

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