they did not receive enough time from the flood alerts in pontypridd that you're covering today, it was issued on saturday. then a flood warning, which is the middle level, was issued early yesterday morning. people are saying that that did not give enough time from when the warning was issued to when the warning was issued to when the flood happened. we have checked this morning, it was issued at the right level as was accepted for that trigger to happen, but the river rose so quickly, it was an extreme event with the river rising very quickly and that is what happened yesterday morning. we will go back and look and see if there are things we could do differently in terms of warning people on the ground, flood warnings and so on, but we did act in line with our normal processes yesterday and the flood warnings were issued at the right time. we

flood warnings were issued at the right time.— flood warnings were issued at the right time. we are talking about the _ the right time. we are talking about the situation _ the right time. we are talking about the situation on - the right time. we are talking about the situation on the - about the situation on the ground in wales. we are looking at pictures of wiltshire where those river levels are still very much very high and we are monitoring that. we are not looking at pictures of wales, but wiltshire. we are talking to sian williams, who is the north west operations officer in wales. what about the people in wales. what about the people in pontypridd who have been sharing their frustration with my colleagues there. they said lessons have not been learnt since 2020 when the storm dennis caused a lot of disruption, a lot of devastation and high flood levels and we are saying that four years later exactly the same following storm birds? obviously we sympathise deeply with anybody who has been affected by flooding over the weekend. it is horrible, one of the worst things that can

happen to you in your home is to have it flooded. for that to haveit to have it flooded. for that to have it happen again and this location is awfulfor have it happen again and this location is awful for those people i'm sure. from storm dennis there was a big review could be carried out in conjunction with partners. we were hearing earlier from conjunction with partners. we were hearing earlierfrom the fire service. we work very closely with them and the police and other emergency services, looking at what happens during any flood events. we looked through in detail at storm dennis in what could be done to improve this situation in future. we are looking with the local authority and other partners at authority and other partners at a whole catchment approach for the river taff. we are looking at those things that could make at those things that could make a difference in companies generally look across the whole catchment. it is not that nothing has been done. we are implementing improvements from storm dennis. it is also really important to stress that this,

what we are talking about, is reducing risk not eliminating risk. as we go into the future we are river —— are already seeing changes in weather patterns and was more intense storms coming again and again across the uk and we have seen these impacts here in wales. it is really important to think about climate change and the changes in weather patterns that we see, to realise that we can fight off everything. we can fight off everything. we can reduce the risk but can't get rid of it completely. if people are living near rivers, it is important to understand that risk. for us, ourwarning system is in place, we will work with communities to help them to reduce the risk in those communities and working with partners as well on a multi—agency approach. if multi—agency approach. if you're looking at weather events such as this and are saying the connection is

climate change, does that mean that going forward for an organisation such as yours, will you reassess, bring in much stronger alerts so that community members to have more time and a better understanding as to potentially what is to come? ., , as to potentially what is to come? . , ., , as to potentially what is to come? . , come? that is really good question- _ come? that is really good question. every _ come? that is really good question. every flood - come? that is really good question. every flood that come? that is really good . question. every flood that we have review. we don'tjust say it has happened and setback. every single flood event we look and see what the triggers were, what the rainfall was, what the weather pattern that we are experiencing are. we look at improving our modelling, orforecasting processes and systems and doing what we can to help people to help themselves in those kind of situations. so, absolutely, yes, with climate change and the changes in weather patterns, the increased storms, we are adapting our models as

we are adapting our models as we go forward. i we are adapting our models as we go forward.— we go forward. i really appreciate _ we go forward. i really appreciate your - we go forward. i really appreciate your time. | we go forward. i really i appreciate your time. we appreciate your time. we appreciate your time. we appreciate you taking the time to talk us through that. they will be looking at the way they do it, they will be reviewing it following the intense criticism that those flood warnings were not high enough. let's share with you some of the picture that give an idea of how quickly the flooding happened following storm birds. this was filmed in tenbury wells in worcestershire. as search led to the collapse of a wall with the water surging through. emergency teams were quick to spot the danger and order everyone to retreat. the word was —— the route was submerged.

over the last couple of hours it's really got busy here. emergency services, highways teams have come in. you can see fire crews down the end of arrive now. one of the issues they've got here is long, particularly along this road here. a lot of the shops and businesses and residences have basements and they've been flooded overnight. so the fire crews have come in now and they are being pumped out. you can see water being pumped out right across the street there. and also all the businesses are getting all their stock that was destroyed out onto the street so they can clear the silt and the mud away. and that's one of the biggest problems here. when we werejoining you earlier, we could see all the mud and the silt on the roads, the clean—up teams herejust 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. it itjust flooded the whole of the town within 30s. it was very dramatic. and then that put mud and silt in all the shops and the businesses on the roads as well. so i've been speaking to a couple of businesses in the last hour, the hairdressing salon that had windows put in as well by that tractor going through and creating the wave. they reckon they'll be open again 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 mops and cleaning products to help each other. so they reckon they'll be open tomorrow, because the sad fact of life for the people in tenbury wells is that they are used to flooding. so a lot of the businesses have plastic skirting boards, waterproof plaster, the plugs, plugs are high up on the wall so they can just wash the walls down, wash the floor down and try and reopen. but there are some businesses that are looking pretty devastated, and we have heard somebody saying earlier that they're not sure whether they'll be able to reopen again.

so a hive of activity here. i'lljust bring you round as well, just to see this bit, to show you some of the amount of the water that's being pumped out by the fire crews here. so that water being pumped out from businesses that are flooded at the moment, going back into the brook from where it came originally and into the river. so this is going to be an operation that's going to be going on for most of the day. as temporary tries to get back to normal after its third flood this year. this is chippenham in wiltshire where you can see the impact of that flooding. the car is just left, thrown aside by the force of that weather. over 140 flood warnings following storm birds and the devastation it caused across the uk, in particular places like wiltshire, wales, and we are looking at chippenham there in wiltshire. as you would expect, a lot of disruption when it comes to

travel. one of the travel hubs, paddington in london, a lot of train disruption there. our correspondent thomas magill is at london paddington station. bring us up—to—date as to what is going on in terms of the train situation there.- is going on in terms of the train situation there. lots of announcements _ train situation there. lots of announcements on - train situation there. lots of announcements on the - train situation there. lots of. announcements on the tannoy, the mould talent at similar story. the board behind me here is still saying that many services out of paddington are cancelled, services to cardiff, penzance, cheltenham, to much of the south—west and to wales. in the last few minutes i have had a statement from great western rail, he cited some limited services are beginning to return as workmen across the network continued to clear their lines after horrendous

flooding and lots of falling fallen trees. there are limited services from here to swindon, oxford and newbury racecourse and that there are some local services in devon and cornwall police. obviously, the advice is to check before you travel. but for now the board here says that services are still cancelled to places like bristol, south wales and cheltenham, but they do say that they hope to have those up and running before 12 o'clock this afternoon. it is notjust here, there are other parts of the train network that have also been affected. in northampton we have seen pictures earlier of the train station there that was completely flooded overnight. services there are also still disrupted and expected to be closed throughout much of today. london and northwestern have also cancelled services to

prox just an stansted airport, which could affect lots of people hoping to get away from there this afternoon. 300 flights have been cancelled across a number of airports today, so it is notjust the rail network, but roads and the airports as well. the advice certainly from great western rail, who operate most of the intercity train services out of paddington to the south—west and to wales is to check before you travel. if you can avoid travelling completely, the advice is to stay at home. many thanks for— advice is to stay at home. many thanks for bringing _ advice is to stay at home. many thanks for bringing us _ advice is to stay at home. many thanks for bringing us up - advice is to stay at home. many thanks for bringing us up to - thanks for bringing us up to date. so, avoid travel if you can. we are watching live images of

bradford—on—avon, in wiltshire. the water is still not proceeding, so a lot of problems there. let's speak to chris fawkes from bbc weather. in terms of it being a weather offence, how bad in terms of it being a weather offence, how had was storm birds. offence, how bad was storm birds. ~ ., ., , offence, how bad was storm birds. ~ . ., , ., , birds. we had a triple whammy reall of birds. we had a triple whammy really of hazard _ birds. we had a triple whammy really of hazard with _ birds. we had a triple whammy really of hazard with this - really of hazard with this weather system. we had the heavy snow that fell across parts of scotland and north—east england bringing widespread transport disruption, then we had strong winds and this weather front that just did winds and this weather front thatjust did not budge. there were enormous volumes of rain building up. the strongest winds were recorded in wales at 82 miles an hour, but quite widely we had winds reaching the 70 mile an hour gusts. strong enough to bring down some trees in

places. the rainfall is pretty huge, as well. the wettest place was on the slopes of dartmoor where we had 193 millimetres of rain. not far behind that's in the south of wilton had some extreme rainfall, as well. how does this compare to storm dennis? the flooding was severe in both of them. both of these storms have brought similar amounts of rain, 162 millimetres from storm birds, storm dennis was a red level storm and dad had 158 millimetres. with dennis there were over 600 flood warnings and force other parts of england and wales, so in that respect the flooding was much more widespread, however, right more widesprea