NORTH Wales Fire and Rescue Service received over 200 calls about flooding during Storm Babet.
The storm hit the region on Friday morning, with peristent heavy rainfall causing high levels of flooding.
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service’s (NWFRS) control room received 224 flooding related calls into the Joint Communications Centre between 7.30am on Friday and 7.30am on Saturday.
The majority were for reports of internal or external flooding. The fire service also received 25 calls from vehicles stuck in floodwater.
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A NWFRS spokesperson said: "Some of these calls received advice from our control operators over the telephone, while for others we deployed crews or officers. In total, appliances / crews were deployed to 44 incidents, and officers were deployed to 56 incidents.
"Our log tells us that there were at least 60 rescues / evacuations.
"The calls came in from across the region, but the areas worst affected were Flintshire, Wrexham and Denbighshire."
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