thomos morgan reports from carmarthen. the basement at number six southern terrace, carmarthen.ight, jason's home was decimated by the heavy rain. i have lived here all my life and i have never seen a flood like this. i know it does flood and fields flood in the surrounding area but this hasn't happened for 30 years. christmas is coming, halloween is around the corner, fireworks. there's going to be no fireworks here this year. south wales has borne the brunt of storm callum. 30 minutes north of carmarthen in cwmduad, corey sharpling, who was 21 years old, died in a landslide. the weather has also affected other areas across the uk. in devon, flooding has destroyed this railway track at teignmouth. repairs are expected to take at least the rest of the day. if a hole opens up, we can't run the trains. i am going back to penryn in cornwall, because that is where i am at at uni, and i'm going to be back very late. this is the first of two buses today, but there is nothing you can do about it. you have got to be philosophical, haven't you? such was the chaos caused by the torrential

thomos morgan reports from carmarthen. the basement at number six. southern terrace, carmarthen.ow it does flood and the fields flood and the surrounding area, flood in the surrounding area, but this hasn‘t happened in 30 years. you know, christmas is coming, halloween is around the corner, fireworks. there are going to be no fireworks here this year, do you know what i mean? south wales has borne the brunt of storm callum. 30 minutes north of carmarthen, in the village of cwmduad, corey sharpling, who was 21 years old, died in a landslide. the weather has also affected other areas across the uk. in devon, flooded has destroyed this railway track at tynemouth. repairs are expected to take at least the rest of the day. if a hole opens up, you know, we can‘t run the trains. i'm going back to penryn, in cornwall, because that's where i'm at uni, and i'm going to be back very late. this is the first of two buses today, but there's nothing you can do about it. you have to be philosophical, haven't you? such was the chaos caused by the torrential downpour that emergency services have h

in carmarthen, thousands of homes have been without power and almost 80 flood alert and warnings remainssuing an amber warning for heavy rain until this evening. for vicky and her neighbours, they are boxed in. water flowing from the back of the houses, and at risk of the canal overflowing from the front. their clean—up operation won't be able to begin until this latest storm has run its course. tomos morgan, bbc news, the vale of neath. pressure is mounting on the chancellor, philip hammond, to find extra money in the budget to support universal credit. the new system involves merging existing benefits into a single payment. this morning, one conservative suggested around 30 of her colleagues are concerned about how universal credit is working. the work and pensions secretary has admitted that some claimants will be worse off. 0ur political correspondent matt cole explained how the system is changing, and where the chancellor might be able to find the money for it. all existing claimants of the six benefits that will be rolled into universal credit will be moved onto the new all in one

inside mexico and, in spite of the odes and being on the road for more than a week, getting past the carmarthenity forces, having the gates shut in mexico. —— guatemala. they are determined to get to the united states. it becomes clear just how many get to the united states. it becomes clearjust how many people have made it across the border from what allah. all week donald trump has been demanding mexico stop the migrants. for a while, been demanding mexico stop the migrants. fora while, it looked like riot police would try. we saw them form lines and tried to hold up them form lines and tried to hold up the convoy. for a time the mood seemed tense but nobody here seemed to think it was the end of their journey to the us. we do not need ca i’s journey to the us. we do not need cars and buses, said this man, i started walking eight days ago and i will not stop here. says this man. we feel anna jones, we will keep going all the way to the us. —— energised. mexican police were given the order to stand down, return to the order to stand down, return to the buses and allowed the many hundreds of mi

in carmarthen, thousands of homes have been without power and almost 80 flood alert and warnings remainplace, with the met office issuing an amber warning for heavy rain until this evening. for vicky and her neighbours, they are boxed in. water flowing from the back of the houses, and at risk of the canal overflowing from the front. their clean—up operation won't be able to begin until this latest storm has run its course. tomos morgan, bbc news, the vale of neath. a reporter is in south west wales. we tried to get to the town of lampeter. this is the main road. and there are several feet of water on there are several feet of water on the main road. 0nly 4x4 vehicles are getting through and the town of lampeter has been cut off because the river has burst its banks and the river has burst its banks and the fields surrounding are com pletely the fields surrounding are completely flooded. president trump has said there will be severe punishment for saudi arabia if it is proved they were behind the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi. meanwhile the un secretary—general has joined g

in carmarthen, thousands of homes have been without power and almost 80 flood alert and warnings remainn place with the met office issuing an amber warning for heavy rain until this evening. for vicky and her neighbours, they are boxed in. water flowing from the back of the houses and at risk of the canal overflowing from the front. their clean—up operation won't be able to begin until this latest storm has run its course. tomos morgan, bbc news, the vale of neath. problems are being experienced all over the west and north—west coast. 0ur correspondent linsey smith is in blackpool. welcome to blackpool. the weather is pretty grim, it's been raining in the north—west heavily and there we re the north—west heavily and there were some pretty strong winds here too. there have already been some trouble disruptions, ferries cancelled from fishguard and holyhead to ireland already. 0n the rail there are disruptions in services between preston and scotland. on the motorways there are speed restrictions in place, as motorists are reporting tricky driving conditions. some police forces have repor

in carmarthen, thousands of homes have been without power and almost 80 flood alerts or warnings remainremain in place with the met office issuing an amber warning for heavy rain until this evening. for vicky and her neighbours, they are boxed in. water flowing from the back of the houses and at risk of the canal overflowing from the front. their clean—up operation won't be able to begin until this latest storm has run its course. tomos morgan, bbc news, the vale of neath. let's take a look at other stories making the news this afternoon. small demonstrations have been taking place near a site in blackpool where fracking was scheduled to begin today. on friday, the high court rejected a last—minute challenge by environmental campaigners. the energy firm cuadrilla says bad weather has forced it to postpone drilling. it hopes to begin extracting gas from shale rock at the site on monday. thousands of patients with incurable breast cancer are being denied a dedicated specialist nurse, according to a leading charity. the government promised all cancer patients would have access to their own

tomos morgan reports from carmarthen. the basement at number six, seven terrorists.scovered his home was decimated by the heavy rain. i have lived all my life and i have never seen a flood like this. i know it does flood in the surrounding area but this has not happened in 30 years. christmas is coming. halloween is around the corner, fireworks. there will be none this year, do you know what i mean? south wales has borne the brunt of storm callum. 30 minutes north in this village, cory sharlpling, who is 21 years old, died in a landslide. the weather is also affected in other areas across the uk. in devon, flooding has destroyed this railway track. repairs are expected to take at least the rest of the day. if a hole opens up, we cannot run the trains. i'm going back to cornwall because that is or my university is. i am going to be back very late. this is the first of two buses. you have to be philosophical, haven't you? such was the chaos caused by the torrential downpour that emergency services have had to help deal with the aftermath. last night, a river broke its

named locally as corey sharpling, who died as the landslip fell on the a484 at cwmduad between carmarthen trains are being disrupted along the devon coast because part of the track has been washed away by storm callum. great western railway says a large hole has opened up beneath the line between exeter and newton abbot. the number of rivers at risk of flooding has halved as the worst of the storm passes. storm callum has also caused problems for many farmers across wales. becky eardley filmed this footage of a horse rescue in gilwern in montmouthshire. two men swam out in to water six—feet deep to lead the animal to safety. no—one was injured in the rescue and the horse is said to be recovering well. a clean—up operation is underway in portugal following one of the most powerful storms to hit the country since records began. the remnants of hurricane leslie swept through the country, bringing down hundreds of trees and power lines. from lisbon, alison roberts reports. across portugal, people are picking up the pieces after a night of hurricane—force winds left a path of destruction. 13 o

our reporterjames williams is in carmarthen for us this morning.what is the situation where you are at the moment because we have seen from the weather forecast that another front could come in on tuesday. well, it has tried up since yesterday, at the moment a little drizzle but and is getting better. as you can see this is just a snapshot of the worst flooding in wales has seen some 30 years. things are getting drier at the moment. let's give you an example of how things are getting better. if you look at the bridge behind me, the water hit the top of the archers last night. it has dropped since then. i was told as people that, at its height you could feel the bridge shaking, such was the strength of the water. but things are getting slowly better. the question now is, will businesses be able to see what kind of devastation has happened to their businesses and properties over their businesses and properties over the next 18 hours or so? this is what dyfed—powys police say, as soon as the waters drop we will get a full picture of the devastation wr

in carmarthen, thousands of homes have been without power and almost 80 flood alerts or warnings remainmet office issuing an amber warning for heavy rain until this evening. for vickie and her neighbours, they are boxed in. water flowing from the back of the houses, and at risk of the canal overflowing from the front. their clean—up operation won't be able to begin until this latest storm has run its course. tomos morgan, bbc news, the vale of neath. for more on this we can speak to our washington correspondent, chris buckler. for more in our top story. let's speak to chris buckler. president drunk speaking earlier. he himself saying that there is a lot at stake here. —— president trump speaking earlier. what can america do or work and abc in the bc and a quiz obvious thing would be to impose sanctions. but president trump sees rotten to do that and although he came out ha rd do that and although he came out hard suggesting there would be consequences and spear punishment... it was much more difficult to find out exactly what he was prepared to do. because the greatest leverage that wat

our reporterjames williams is in carmarthen for us this morning. what's the latest?c transport, roads have been shut, it has caused power disruption for businesses and homes across the country because of strong winds and falling branches. as you can see, rivers have verse their bank. it has been breached here for the very first time. the main news that was broken last night is that a person has died in a landslide, roughly around ten miles north of here. the family has been informed and is receiving specialist support from police officers. that is the only information we have at the moment. the full effect of the storm continue to be felt particular here. the wettest place in the uk yesterday was in cumbria, 2000 homes in england have been without power, there are flood warnings in place for england and scotland, but the main flood warnings are in place here in wales. the question people affected by storm callum are at things continue to get worse or better? we are expecting less rain here today, and as the police said ina here today, and as the police said in a stat

i was in carmarthen yesterday, a row of houses there, all their basements com pletely houses there, allgher than the drainage system. so, people still trying to work through the devastation that has happened in their houses across communities in south wales and the first minister, carwynjones, has said that the welsh government will be pledging some money towards the cleanup operation, so the cleanup operation has begun here but it will ta ke operation has begun here but it will take some time for these communities to get over the damage that has taken place in their communities and homes. thank you very much indeed, tomos morgan in south wales and nick owen in birmingham. and if you would like to see any more on any of those stories, you can more on any of those stories, you ca n a ccess more on any of those stories, you can access them via the iplayer. and a reminder, we go nationwide at half past four every afternoon here on afternoon live. some breaking news — a joint team of saudi and turkish officials have entered the saudi arabian leaver in istanbul, that's following the disappea