Ffestiniog

Buses are also replacing trains between Llandudno Junction and Blaenau Ffestiniog until Monday.

Kyle McDougall has previously photographed the great lakes and forests of his homeland Ontario and the small towns of the American Southwest but said it was Blaenau Ffestiniog that had captured his heart.

He has continually returned to Blaenau Ffestiniog, which is in the heart of Eryri, also known as Snowdonia National Park.

On a wet and misty day he concedes Blaenau Ffestiniog's blue-grey slate spoil tips could appear desolate to some.

The Conwy Valley and Heart of Wales lines - which run from Llandudno to Blaenau Ffestiniog and Swansea to Shropshire, via Carmarthenshire and Powys, respectively - will be closed on Saturday and Sunday because of the storm's expected impact.