A police pursuit near Colwyn Bay came to an abrupt end when the fleeing driver tried to drive through Storm Claudia flood water (Image: North Wales Police road policing unit )

Storm Claudia has caused disruption to communities across Wales - and brought one police pursuit to a soggy end. Roads policing officers were pursuing a car which had failed to stop when the fleeing driver decided to drive through flood water on a road, causing the engine to cut out.

The driver jumped out of the car and made off on foot, and was subsequently found hiding in a hedge. With a touch of tongue-in-cheek humour, police have described the watery end of the chase as "one of our lesser used tactical resolutions".

The pursuit took place in Conwy county in the early hours of Sunday morning after an Audi A

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