and the bbc speaks with former german chancellor angela merkel as she publishes her memoir. more than 150 flood warnings remain in place across the uk, in the aftermath of storm bert.0ne warning is of potential danger to life — in northamptonshire. there have also been yellow weather warnings in place in parts of scotland due to high winds — though the worst of those should now have passed.wales, the english west midlands, and parts of northern ireland have been worst affected. there's still disruption to travel — we'll have more on that in a moment. let's take a look at some of the images and the stories that go with them. here in northern ireland, you can see how the side of the road has been swept away. this is near ballycastle, in the glens of antrim. local residents say they fear some people have been cut off. some areas received close to a month's worth of rain

injust one weekend with up to 190 millimetres falling over dartmoor, and the brecon beacons in wales. these pictures were supplied the by brecon mountain railway in merthyr tydfil showing a landslide next to the track of the steam railway. planned services across the weekend were cancelled. these pictures, filmed in tenbury in worcestershire, show the flooded high street and the effects of a tractor driving through it. west mercia police say they are actively investigating video on social media ahowing a tractor driving through flood water in tenbury wells yesterday. there is ongoing disruption to travel. great western railway is advising passengers not to travel on any of its routes today. it says services on all key routes have been suspended due to flooding and fallen trees. other routes are also affected — this was northampton station earlier, with the tracks between the platforms completely flooded. there's disruption on some lines in hertfordshire and essex. there are also issues

on some main roads — the a5 in northamptonshire has been affected, along with roads in north yorkshire and cumbria. and transport for wales says several services on its network are experiencing disruption today. we can speak to our news correspondent steve knibbs who's in tenbury wells in worcestershire. we've mentioned a couple of times just now. we've mentioned a couple of timesjust now. he we've mentioned a couple of times just now. he can tell us what's going on. it looks very busy day today as people tried to clean up as best they can, steve. . ., �* , steve. yeah, that's right. over the last couple _ steve. yeah, that's right. over the last couple of— steve. yeah, that's right. over the last couple of hours - steve. yeah, that's right. over the last couple of hours it's - the last couple of hours it's really got busy here. emergency services, highway teams have come in, fire crews down the end have arrived now on one of theissues end have arrived now on one of the issues now is particularly along this road hear a lot of the shops and businesses and residences have basements and they've been flooding overnight so fire crews have come in now and they are being pumped out.

you can see water being pumped out right across the street. and also all the businesses, all their stock was destroyed, they are putting it on the streets so they can clear the silt and the mud away and that's one of the biggest problems here. earlier we could see all the mud on the roads. the clean—up teams here are filling up with more water to spray all the mud and silt away because when the wall here collapsed yesterday, it was protecting the water from the brook and itjust protecting the water from the brook and it just flooded the whole of the town within 30 seconds. it is very dramatic. it put mud and silt in all the shops and businesses on the roads as well. i have been speaking to a couple of businesses in the last hour and a hairdressing salon had windows pushed in by the tractor going through it, creating the wave, and they reckon they will be open for business tomorrow. there is a lot of resilience here, a lot of community coming together. we've seen people walking down the street handing out cleaning products to help each other so they reckon they will be open tomorrow. people here are used

tomorrow. people here are used to flooding so a lot of businesses, plastic skirting boards, waterproof plastic, the plugs are high up on the wall so theyjust wash plugs are high up on the wall so they just wash the walls plugs are high up on the wall so theyjust wash the walls and the floor down and try to reopen but there are some businesses looking pretty devastating and someone earlier said they are not sure whether they will be able to reopen again, so a hive of activity here. i willjust bring your own to show you some of the water that's being pumped out by the fire crew. that water being pumped out from businesses that are flooded at the moment, going back into the brook from where it came originally into the river. so this will be going on for most of the day. as the town tries to get back to normal after its third flood this year.— third flood this year. steve, thank you — third flood this year. steve, thank you very _ third flood this year. steve, thank you very much. - let's return to our main story and wales' first minister, eluned morgan, has called the flooding caused by storm bert "absolutely devastating". 0ur wales correspondent, tomos morgan, is live for us in pontypridd.

there was a lot of anger there over the weekend about how the authorities did or didn't respond so what is the response today? i respond so what is the response toda ? . , _, ., today? i have 'ust come from some of today? i have just come from some of those _ today? i have just come from some of those residents - today? i have just come from some of those residents that| some of those residents that were angry at the fact that they don't feel as though protection had been put in place following storm dennis in 2020 are now being flooded again this year. we have just come actually to a car business here just come actually to a car business herejust up come actually to a car business here just up the road in pontypridd. there's a number of cars here behind me, as you can see, all now written off. none of them where before they came here over the last couple of days, but when they were here yesterday, they were completely submerged in water. we'vejust seen some footage taken by those people that work here and the cars are basicallyjust floating. the water is almost up floating. the water is almost up to the top of me, and i'm six foot, and this car behind me here this mitsubishi, you

can't actually see the top of that in one of the videos. it shows how high the water got to. you might be able to see the riverjust in the distance over there. it's not far away but when it burst its banks, it came straight to the field here, straight into the yard where they have got their business. and all of these cars that were due for minor services, tire work, mots, they are all now write—offs and everybody will have to go to the individual insurance. let me take you inside the business, which i think is the worst thing. the first thing you notice on the floor is oil everywhere after the flood which came in. it's completely wrecked, like a bomb has gone off on here to be honest with you. it's like there has been a huge fire. they are not even sure where to start with something like this. you gotta clean the oil and the only car that has been saved of course is the one that they were able to hitch up on the ramp but, as you can see, the van they used

to do their works out and about has been rammed into all of the equipment, all the tools, inside. it's going to take quite a while to clean up. this isjust an example quite a while to clean up. this is just an example of one of the businesses on the banks of the businesses on the banks of the river which burst its banks yesterday due to storm bert, and the damage its caused to these people really, it's not only businesses and individuals, it's also those individuals, it's also those individuals that are going to have their cars hopefully fixed and now have to go to insurance and now have to go to insurance and it's a huge amount of damage to everyone in the local area. there is frustration and anger because some of them feel as though more possibly could have been done to help them. thank you very much. i look around at some of the impact in pontypridd in south wales. let's speak to geraint day who is a committee member at a local welsh club in pontypridd, which has been hit hard by storm bert.

geraint, your club has been flooded this time. how is the town coping? flooded this time. how is the town taping?— town coping? the town is unfortunately _ town coping? the town is unfortunately getting - town coping? the town is| unfortunately getting used town coping? the town is - unfortunately getting used to being flooded. it's devastating every time especially for residents who lose most of their personal possessions. the volunteers here, we have volunteers here, we have volunteers who gathered together immediately and turned up together immediately and turned up to help and that's a phenomenal help to people and individuals who face waking up to mud throughout their houses and businesses. this to mud throughout their houses and businesses.— and businesses. this is the thin . , and businesses. this is the thing. when _ and businesses. this is the thing, when it _ and businesses. this is the thing, when it floods, - and businesses. this is the thing, when it floods, is i and businesses. this is the | thing, when it floods, is not clean water coming through, it is revolting, filthy stuff. what has been learned since this happened in 2020 when storm dennis gave pontypridd a pounding? storm dennis gave pontypridd a ”oundin ? . v storm dennis gave pontypridd a ”oundin ? . �*, ., storm dennis gave pontypridd a ”oundin? . �*, ., , storm dennis gave pontypridd a ”oundin? ., �*, ., , pounding? that's a very good question- _ pounding? that's a very good question- i — pounding? that's a very good question. i don't _ pounding? that's a very good question. i don't know- pounding? that's a very good question. i don't know if- pounding? that's a very good question. i don't know if i - pounding? that's a very good j question. i don't know ifi can question. i don't know if i can give you an answer because from my point of view it doesn't seem an awful lot. we were

flooded here seven feet underwater last time and this time luckily we managed to put flood up the night before and we had three or four inches of water break the flood gates into the premises. so we have managed to protect ourselves and the council back in 2020 help just to get back upon our feet. what i think is needed is some cross organisational approaches to how we deal with flooding because it's not working, the setup. the idea there wasn't enough warning, well, they've been predicting the storm for a few days if not a week or so. any extra warning is always good, it helps people get their possessions out of the reach of the water, but an extra warning wouldn't have prevented the flooding and the breaching of floods, defences and so on. that's something which needs to be done over

three or four years. which needs to be done over three orfour years. it's not something that can be done in the time period of issuing a warning to the water breaching the defences. figs warning to the water breaching the defences.— the defences. as dispiriting as this might _ the defences. as dispiriting as this might seem, _ the defences. as dispiriting as this might seem, as _ the defences. as dispiriting as this might seem, as defeatist| this might seem, as defeatist as this might seem, is anybody talking about the fact that this is just going to talking about the fact that this isjust going to keep happening and there is nothing ultimately you can do to stop the flooding? i ultimately you can do to stop the flooding?— the flooding? i disagree with that. i the flooding? i disagree with that. |think_ the flooding? i disagree with that. i think there _ the flooding? i disagree with that. i think there are - the flooding? i disagree with that. i think there are things| that. i think there are things which can be done. but what is needed is a coordinated approach that, so the rain we get now is much heavier. south wales valleys have been used to the rain. it's not news to us. what is news is the intensity of rain, it's running down the side of the mountains into the river and straight down. building on floodplains, on the tarmac, on the green earlier, it made it worse. i think it needs a coordinated approach, notjust needs a coordinated approach, not just looking needs a coordinated approach, notjust looking to natural

resources wales, the met office, it needs to coordinate office, it needs to coordinate the approach so we think about how we develop to prevent flooding in the future. thank ou for flooding in the future. thank you for talking _ flooding in the future. thank you for talking to _ flooding in the future. thank you for talking to us. - let's speak to 0lly glover, the mp for didcot & wantage. 0lly says his constituency was once again hit hard by bad weather over the weekend. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. what is the damage in your part of 0xfordshire? unfortunately we've seen areas which have already been flooded several times this year, hit again, milton, steventon, parts of didcot, as well, so yes, unfortunately lots of people are becoming all too used having their homes affected by flooding. having their homes affected by floodinu. ~ ., ., having their homes a