HERE are some photographs from the South Wales Argus archive of floods that swept through Gwent in the 1970s and 1980s.

South Wales Argus:

Mr and Mrs David Nichols mop up after flooding in Gaer Vale

 

A fireman carries a pensioner to safety in Risca after heavy rain caused floods in 1979

South Wales Argus:

Vera Pewtner had to wade through a giant puddle every time she left her house in Sandpiper Way, Newport, 1979

 

Malcom Hodge Motors of Pontnewynydd were deluged with flood water in 1979

 

Supermarket staff in Risca clean up after floods caused by heavy rain in 1979

They include a flood on Malpas Road in Newport where a freak high tide in 1981 ruined more than 100 homes.

South Wales Argus:

Two women wade through flood water in Argyle Street, Newport, in 1981

 

Firemen from Duffryn fire station, Newport, pumping water from the cottage in The Dingle, Maesglas Grove, in 1981

 

Hundreds flee floods in Newport in 1981

Residents and business owners also had to clean up after floods in 1983.

South Wales Argus:

Residents of Old Kimberley Terrace, off Malpas Road, clean up their homes after thunder storms flood the street and houses in 19832

 

Kenneth Heames, of Malpas Road, wades through flood water outside his home in 1983