A major road has closed suddenly after a retaining wall collapsed into the river running beside it. A stretch of the A470 between Carno and Dolfach, north west of Talerddig, is currently closed.
Diversions are in place in the area after a wall holding up the road crumbled into the river that runs alongside it towards southern Gwynedd. The edge of the road has also partly collapsed.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Traffic Wales said: "We’ve had a retaining wall on the A470 collapse. As a safety measure the A470 will be closed immediately (north) west of Talerddig, between Carno and Dolfach until further notice.
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"Local diversions in place. We will provide more updates in due course."
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