Torrential rain caused havoc around Pembrokehire on Tuesday.

Over 100 Pembrokeshire County Council employees worked throughout the evening and night to tackle widespread flooding after some areas experienced the heaviest downpours for 40 years.

Locally, among the badly hit areas were Whitland, Valley Road in Saundersfoot, Crymych, the Cardigan Road (A487) Maenclochog and Mynachlog Ddu.

In Maenclochog alone, a total of 110mm of rainfall was recorded in a 17-hour period between 5 am and 10 pm.

Council response teams protected properties from flood water with approximately 4,000 sandbags at several locations, including the centre of Haverfordwest, one of the worst affected places.

They also pumped water out of buildings, arranged for abandoned vehicles to be removed, and contacted owners of properties at risk of flooding.

Officers were on standby at key points on the coast and river, monitoring the situation and updating the emergency planning team.

Council leader Clr. John Davies has praised what he called the 'unsung heroes' of the night - including the Fishguard team who arranged for a nurse to be transported from Maenclochog to Mynachlog Ddu by tractor.

"Well over 100 employees worked up to 16 hours to deal with the situation," he said. "It's worth remembering that the flood threat became apparent late in the afternoon, after all these people had already done a full day's work.

"I was delighted with how everyone reacted. Everyone pulled out all the stops and worked really hard to help."

The clean-up operation continued on Wednesday, with workmen double-checking roads and road gulleys and clearing debris away.

Local fire brigade crews also experienced a busy time.

Action began shortly after 4.30 pm when firefighters from Whitland used a main pump and a featherweight pump to pump out flooding at the town's 2 Spring Gardens, while elsewhere in the town, a crew from Carmarthen dealt with water entering two properties at Ty Canol.

A short time later, firefighters from Tenby helped divert flood water from three properties in Valley Road, Saundersfoot, and a crew from Carmarthen carried out a similar operation at Eastlea, Velfrey Road, Whitland.

The Narberth crew dealt with flooding at the sewerage pump house at Hawksmead, Princes Gate, while flood water was also diverted from The Flower Hall, Woods Cross, Narberth, shortly after 6 pm.

Meanwhile, three motor vehicles stuck in flood water at Clicketts Lane, Tenby, had to be pulled free by the town's fire brigade shortly after 7.30 pm.

Indeed, this was one of a number of roads under water, including the Sageston-Tenby road and the Penally-Lydstep road.

And there was still no let-up for the emergency services during the night. Shortly after 2.15 am on Wednesday morning, firefighters from Whitland were called to deal with more flooding at 3 Spring Gardens.