Wales floods: Heavy rain causes flooding and journey disruption

Heavy rain has brought about flooding and disruption throughout components of Wales.

The Met Workplace had issued an amber climate warning for rain throughout mid and south east Wales on Sunday from 15:00 GMT till 06:00 on Monday.

The forecaster warned rain might grow to be “persistent and heavy” on Sunday adopted by showers into Monday morning, with between 50mm (1.9in) and 100mm (4in) of rain, resulting in floor water and river flooding.

Wind gusts of greater than 70mph (112km/h) had additionally been recorded in components of Wales and Scotland, including to the impression on journey on Sunday.

Pure Assets Wales (NRW) has issued four flood warnings and 19 flood alerts. The warnings on Monday cowl components of the River Cothi, River Towy, River Tawe, River Neath, River Ely, and the River Usk.

Flooding blocked railway strains between Penrhiwceiber and Aberdare in Rhondda Cynon Taf on Sunday, and likewise at Fernhill, it prevented practice providers between Aberdare and Pontypridd, with passengers being provided a bus service as a substitute.

In Monmouthshire flooding brought about the closure of the A4042 in each instructions between Llanellen and the A40 at Hardwick Roundabout in Abergavenny.

The amber rain warning lined Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Swansea, Torfaen and the Vale of Glamorgan.

North Wales Police reported a street closure on the A4086 street at Llanberis on account of flooding to the south of the Royal Victoria Resort.

On Sunday night a number of thousand sandbags had been distributed to key flood danger areas throughout the Rhondda Cynon Taf, whereas dozens of crews and heavy equipment had been placed on standby.

Council chief Andrew Morgan mentioned pumps had been deployed with further inspectors and drainage engineers on web site.

The native authority’s emergency management room was additionally absolutely staffed, he added, with CCTV cameras monitoring the culverts being intently watched.

The council additionally suggested residents to maneuver their automobiles from high-risk areas and provided free parking areas to these in want.

Mick Antoniw, MS for Pontypridd, mentioned in an replace at about 21:00 GMT that automobiles had been faraway from Sion Road and Berw Highway within the city with floodgates in place at Clwb Y Bont.

He added the River Taff was “very excessive” however the streets had not flooded.

Resident James Wilcox was out strolling his canine when he captured footage of the River Taff in Pontypridd.

He mentioned it initially seemed like police had been blocking the street off and had been knocking on doorways.

“A good friend lives on the road, they usually’ve since positioned sandbags, so I assume the police had been making certain everybody was knowledgeable and protected,” Mr Wilcox added.