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Storm 'feels like your face is being sandpapered'

Storm Darragh has been battering Wales overnight and this morning, with strong wind and rain.

As the storm gathered pace, the wind and rain drove in off the Menai Strait to the coastal city of Bangor in Gwynedd.

BBC reporter Oli Constable described the severity of the weather making it feel like the side of his face was being sandpapered.

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