Weather: Floods in Wales cause power cuts and train delayson January 12, 2023 at 12:08 pm

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Homes are flooded, train lines are blocked and bus services are delayed after days of heavy rain.

A car stranded in Pontypridd

Stormy weather has caused widespread disruption across Wales including power cuts, flooding and train delays.

The National Grid says more than 600 homes in Wales are without power.

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service says five of its crews are dealing with flooding incidents, with Porth and Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf as the worst affected areas.

Transport For Wales said four railway lines are blocked, including Cardiff Central to Caerphilly.

It also said lines from Pontypridd to Treherbert, Abercynon to Aberdare, and Bridgend to Llantwit Major are blocked.

The river Taff in Pontypridd

Great Western Railway also said its services were affected due to heavy rain.

The fire service added that a number of hillside and low-lying properties have been affected from run-off water and blocked culverts – these are tunnels which drain water away.

A yellow rain warning remains place until 17:00 GMT on Thursday across 16 of Wales’ 22 counties.

Clwb y Bont in Pontypridd

Image source, Marc Real

Group manager and head of community safety at South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, Bleddyn Jones said: “The incident in Tylorstown involves a blocked culvert which has affected around 20 to 25 properties, and we are hearing that ports around the Power Station hill area near Pontypridd, there’s some localised flooding in that area.”

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Natural Resources Wales has issued 26 flood warnings and 45 flood alerts as of 07:00 GMT on Thursday.

They said there is no widespread flooding from major rivers at present.

Leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, Andrew Morgan said: “So far all the culverts that we’ve spent millions of pounds upgrading since Storm Denis have upheld.

A flooded field in Pontyclun

“The amount of rain we’ve had has been exceptional.

“If your journey is not urgent stay off the roads for the next few hours so the highway crews and emergency services have a chance to respond.”

Head of operations south central at Natural Resources Wales, Mike Evans, said: “We’ve been suffering from quite severe conditions on top of several weeks of rainfall.

“The biggest impact is there is a lot of surface water around so I advise people to be very careful before leaving the house.”

Weather warning

Image source, Met Office

Stagecoach South Wales has reported that several of its services are cancelled or delayed due to the flooding.

In a tweet it also said it said there were heavy floods in Deri, Caerphilly county and Brithdir, Gwynedd.

A road blocked by a fallen tree between Hermon and Llanfyrnach, North Pembrokeshire.

Image source, Cllr Shon Rees

Dairy farmer Abi Reader from Wenvoe, in the Vale of Glamorgan, described overnight conditions on her farm.

“It’s been a wild night,” she told Radio Wales Breakfast.

“We’ve had electricity flickering on and off. The milking parlour had about a foot of water in it which we’ve had to pump out.

“There is flooding on the roads, we’ve got about 3 inches of water rolling across the roads.”

Cars driving through flood water in Pontypridd

Meanwhile, the National Grid said power outages were mainly affecting around 450 homes in Newport and others in Penarth, the Llanelli area and Kenfig Hill, Bridgend.

Among the flood warnings in place from Natural Resources Wales, there are eight warnings for stretches of the River Severn in north Powys, four warnings for different stretches of the River Taff from Merthyr Tydfil to Pontcanna in Cardiff, and three warnings on the River Cynon.

Wind damage in Cardiff City centre

The M48 Severn Bridge is closed in both directions between Chepstow and Aust in Gloucestershire.

The heavy rain has caused one of the main roads in Chepstow to close as Welsh Street between the town centre and the comprehensive school is shut and Gwent Police have advised drivers to avoid the area.

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