High winds forced Tenby's Greenhill School to close early on Friday.

As torrential rain and howling gales battered much of the country, it was decided to shut the school early after engineers were concerned that high winds might cause structural damage to windows on the south side of the building.

In the interests of the safety of pupils and staff, the school closed at lunchtime.

The 1,351 pupils also had a day off lessons on Monday, but returned to school on Tuesday after problems with windows which had been fitted 18 months ago had been rectified.

"The engineers advised us to close the school on Friday after problems were experienced with the fastenings on two windows in separate classrooms on the second floor, which resulted in the windows bowing inwards at the top," headteacher, Mr. Chris Noble, told the Observer.

"Mercifully, nobody was hurt and there was no glass broken," he continued.

"We cleared the classrooms and the corridor and called in the engineers from County Hall.

"The engineers checked out the windows along that particular corridor and also those on the first and third floors and put extra fastenings on the windows where necessary and over half-term they will be examining all the other windows in the building as a precaution."

Mr. Noble also paid tribute to the engineers who worked 'rapidly' to ensure the school re-opened on Tuesday morning.

"The engineers were very helpful and we are really grateful to them for working until the early hours to ensure we could re-open when we did," he said.

Elsewhere, other Pembrokeshire County Council employees were also on full alert and worked round the clock to counter problems caused by the weather.

From Thursday night to Monday morning, the council deployed between 75 and 80 men, issued around 1,000 sandbags and had council employees on alert at known flooding blackspots around the county.

"We have been working flat out around the clock," said the authority's emergency planning officer, Jayne Couzens.

"Because we had prior warning of the rain, strong winds and high tides, we were able to anticipate where problems were likely to be."

The council were able to plan in advance and sandbags were distributed to locations vulnerable to flooding, such as Amroth and Wiseman's Bridge.

A combination of strong winds and high tides forced road closures at Amroth and for a short time at Carew Bridge, while the Cleddau Bridge was closed intermittently to high-sided vehicles.

County council engineers were called to Dennis' Cafe at Castle Beach, Tenby, on Saturday, when gales caused minor structural damage.

With drains failing to cope with the downpour, there was also large scale surface water and twigs and debris strewn across many roads, making driving hazardous.

The authority also received telephone calls regarding fallen trees and other debris on roads and responded to road closure requests from the police.

Police in Tenby received a number of calls from members of the public concerned about the safety of youths seen on the North Walk at the height of the horrendous weather.

"They were really dicing with death and had to be warned regarding their personal safety," said a police spokesman.

The town's firefighters were also called out early on Friday evening to make safe two aerials at properties in Clareston Road and The Maudlins, while in Narberth the fire brigade made safe a television aerial at Halkon Crescent.

Other casualties of the weather included many of the weekend's sporting fixtures which fell foul of the conditions.