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