Heavy rain causes flooding as amber alert issued

Heavy rainfall has caused flooding and disruption crossed parts of Wales.

The Met Office had issued an amber upwind informing for rainfall crossed mid and southbound eastbound Wales connected Sunday from 15:00 GMT until 06:00 connected Monday.

The forecaster warned rainfall could go "persistent and heavy" connected Sunday followed by showers into Monday morning, with betwixt 50mm (1.9in) and 100mm (4in) of rain, starring to aboveground h2o and stream flooding.

Winds of much than 70mph (112km/h) had besides been recorded successful parts of Wales and Scotland, adding to the interaction connected question connected Sunday.

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has issued 7 flood alerts and 30 flood warnings. The warnings connected Monday screen parts of the River Cothi, River Towy, River Tawe, River Neath, River Ely, and the River Usk.

Flooding blocked railway lines betwixt Penrhiwceiber and Aberdare successful Rhondda Cynon Taf connected Sunday, and besides astatine Fernhill, it prevented bid services betwixt Aberdare and Pontypridd, with passengers being offered a autobus work instead.

In Monmouthshire flooding caused the closure of the A4042 successful some directions betwixt Llanellen and the A40 astatine Hardwick Roundabout successful Abergavenny.

The amber rainfall warning covered 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 roadworthy closure connected the A4086 roadworthy astatine Llanberis owed to flooding to the southbound of the Royal Victoria Hotel.

On Sunday evening respective 1000 sandbags were distributed to cardinal flood hazard areas crossed the Rhondda Cynon Taf, portion dozens of crews and dense machinery were enactment connected standby.

Council person Andrew Morgan said pumps were deployed with further inspectors and drainage engineers connected site.

The section authority's exigency power country was besides afloat staffed, helium added, with CCTV cameras monitoring the culverts being intimately watched.

The assembly besides advised residents to determination their cars from high-risk areas and offered escaped parking spaces to those successful need.

Mick Antoniw, MS for Pontypridd, said successful an update astatine astir 21:00 GMT that cars had been removed from Sion Street and Berw Road successful the municipality with floodgates successful spot astatine Clwb Y Bont.

He added the River Taff was "very high" but the streets had not flooded.

Resident James Wilcox was retired walking his canine erstwhile helium captured footage of the River Taff successful Pontypridd.

He said it initially looked similar constabulary were blocking the roadworthy disconnected and were knocking connected doors.

"A person lives connected the street, and they've since placed sandbags, truthful I presume the constabulary were ensuring everyone was informed and safe," Mr Wilcox added.