Most flooded roads had reopened by Friday

On Thursday, fire crews were sent to Neath after flooding in the town centre, where some shops were shut.

Rain also caused a landslide on the railway between Abercynon and Aberdare, causing delays for a few hours.

On Friday, the Met Office issued a warning of heavy rain to motorists in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire.

South Wales Fire Service said it was getting up to four emergency calls a minute on Thursday afternoon.

In Neath, Safeway supermarket was closed after a ceiling collapsed. Another town centre store, Wilkinsons, was also closed because of flooding.

Some stores were forced to close

Two people were trapped in a car outside a fire station in The Basin, Abercynon, where the water was reported as being two feet high.

A landslide on the rail line between Penrhiwceiber and Abercynon initially blocked the Aberdare-Abercynon line.

It later re-opened, but a spokesman for Arriva Trains Wales said trains were only running at 5mph.

Replacement bus services had also experienced delays because roads in the region were flooded, he added.

Fire crews were also sent to Cowbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, where the High Street was reported to be under six inches of water.

Crews also dealt with flooding incidents in Cilfynydd near Pontypridd, Maindy Road in the Rhondda and Pontypridd.

Warning

A Rhondda Cynon Taf council spokesman said that the majority of roads in Cilfynydd and Rhydyfelin had reopened by Friday.

Fire crews also pumped water from a house in North Cornelly.

Meanwhile, water has subsided from the Girls and Boys Club in Williamstown in the Rhondda and The New Globe public house in Llantwit Major.

Parts of Powys were also hit by storms. Lightning struck and damaged the roof of a house at Crickhowell.