Over 50mm - more than two inches - of rain fell across Pembrokeshire on Monday as the county was hit by severe flooding.

The Milford Haven meteorological monitoring station recorded one-third of this total as falling in just one hour around 5 pm - the highest rate recorded anywhere on Monday in the UK.

For around a 24-hour period up to 10 am on Tuesday, Pembrokeshire County Council's Contact Centre dealt with 145 calls from the public and businesses across the county.

Due to the large volume of incoming calls, it was decided early on to extend the opening hours of the Contact Centre.

A further 40 calls were received after 7 pm on Monday by the Cleddau Bridge out-of-hours service.

The majority of the calls were reporting blocked gullies, surface water, lifting manhole covers, flooded roads, plus requests for sandbags.

Around 800 sandbags were deployed by the council whose workmen were busy late into Monday night.

Worst affected areas were Angle, Milford Haven, Pembroke, Pembroke Dock and Haverfordwest.

Some 18 properties were flooded in Angle, including the primary school and local shop.

Flooding was also reported at the Lower Priory Inn, near Thornton in Milford Haven.

McDonald's in Haverfordwest was also affected when Merlin Brook broke its banks, while Boots in Pembroke Dock's Dimond Street and the town's St. Govans Shopping Centre were also affected by the results of the flooding into Tuesday.

Pembrokeshire County Council's cabinet member for environmental and regulatory services, Clr. Ken Rowlands, said the clean-up operation was now well underway.

"There are no flood alerts or flood warnings currently in place, but significant work is being carried out clearing up the large amount of debris on roads and in the gullies and culverts," he explained.

"In addition, work is also being undertaken to repair the road and surface water network where damage has occurred."

Clr. Rowlands also paid tribute to council staff who worked long hours in dealing with the situation.

Firefighters from across Pembrokeshire dealt with over 30 flooding incidents on Monday as a result of the extremely heavy rainfall experienced in the county.

Fire crews attended both domestic and commercial properties to assist home owners and businesses to deal with the floodwater.

Pembroke Dock and Milford Haven were the worst affected areas, although crews did attend flooding in other parts of Pembrokeshire.

In addition to fire appliances from across the Command attending incidents, the Environmental Protection Unit from Pembroke Dock was mobilised to assist with the floodwater and minimise the environmental impact of the weather conditions.

Pembrokeshire Command officers and Service Fire Control were involved in extensive liaison with the Emergency Planning Unit of Pembrokeshire County Council to allow up-to-date relevant information to be exchanged and passed onto the Command's operational fire crews.

Pembrokeshire County Commander Steve Bryant said: "I am very pleased with the way our operational crews responded to these flooding incidents.

"We had ongoing liaison throughout the day with the local authority and Environment Agency to ensure we had relevant risk information available and this has been an excellent example of partnership working that takes place for this type of situation," he added.