dan johnson reports from pontypridd.s south wales, water levels are high, rivers have burst their banks and homes are flooded, bringing misery for people who in many cases have been hit for a second time. didn't have enough time to move the van. paula has lived by the river taff in pontypridd for more than 20 years. it's the second time in four years her home has been underwater. their belief is because there are flood defences in place, the flood defences work. but as you have probably seen yourself, the flood defences don't work. this is the desperate effort to try and stop the river water getting back into these houses — at the moment, they are winning, but the fear is the river level will rise further because the rain keeps coming down. in parts of wales, a month's worth of rain has fallen over the past 2a hours. it's been a very busy time for the emergency services, who declared a major incident this morning when they were inundated with calls. and listen to the local council leaders�* assessment of how well this ra

we have — seen in places like pontypridd.rous flood warnings in force across large parts of wales, — in force across large parts of wales, also england. some mornings in force across scotland as well. and it is quite _ scotland as well. and it is quite easy to see why we have had so — quite easy to see why we have had so much flooding. when i show— had so much flooding. when i show you _ had so much flooding. when i show you the radar picture from the last— show you the radar picture from the test 36— show you the radar picture from the last 36 hours, this is where _ the last 36 hours, this is where rain and snow has fallen. we did — where rain and snow has fallen. we did see _ where rain and snow has fallen. we did see that snow yesterday. but notice — we did see that snow yesterday. but notice the way in the rain hasiust— but notice the way in the rain hasjust kept on coming. parts of south—west england and wales _ of south—west england and wales. it looks like some pieces— wales. it looks like some places ever high ground

the clean—up in pontypridd continues. it is pontypridd continues.tedly. thank you very much. let's now speak to pj jones who lives in treherbert, a vallyer in south wales — 11 miles from pontrypridd. what sort of weekend have you had? i what sort of weekend have you had? . . what sort of weekend have you had? ., ., , had? i have had better, i will tell ou had? i have had better, i will tell you that. _ had? i have had better, i will tell you that. i _ had? i have had better, i will tell you that. i am _ had? i have had better, i will tell you that. i am sure - had? i have had better, i will tell you that. i am sure you l tell you that. i am sure you have. tell you that. i am sure you have- tell— tell you that. i am sure you have. tell us _ tell you that. i am sure you have. tell us what - tell you that. i am sure you have. tell us what has - tell you that. i am sure you - have. tell us what has happened in your property and your family. in your property and your famil . ~' , ., , family. like the previous erson family. like the previous person said,

live now to pontypridd and our correspondent nicky schiller. a beautiful day today following the chaosthe weekend. absolutely. with the sunlight as it is you wouldn't believe there had been over a month's rainfall in 48 hours over the weekend here. let me show you the river. it burst its banks at the weekend. it inundated this street that you can see here in the village. there is already as skip here that has got possessions in. you can see that the residents dry to put their sandbags up. you can see there are some sandbags. as we walked down the street we can see some of the mud that has been left. the chapel is full of sandbags that are here as the local residents tried to protect themselves. we have been talking to the local residents. some of them have their pockets out trying to clear up in the streets. they are angry that they didn't get enough of a warning. this area was flooded in 2020, quite badly flooded in 2020. a lot of the people we have spoken to here say at that time the authorities were saying this would be a one in a 100 year event. for micro years later they have had

in pontypridd, storm bert _ really scary. in pontypridd, storm bert brought - really scary.d, storm bert brought an all i really scary. in pontypridd, i storm bert brought an all too familiar sinking feeling. hit hard by floods four years ago, defences were put in, but couldn't hold back the river yesterday. couldn't hold back the river yesterday-— couldn't hold back the river esterda . ., , , yesterday. gareth has bad news for his customers. _ yesterday. gareth has bad news for his customers. myself, - yesterday. gareth has bad news for his customers. myself, i - for his customers. myself, i wouldn't _ for his customers. myself, i wouldn't bring _ for his customers. myself, i wouldn't bring my— for his customers. myself, i wouldn't bring my car- for his customers. myself, i wouldn't bring my car down| wouldn't bring my car down here — wouldn't bring my car down here it _ wouldn't bring my car down here it is _ wouldn't bring my car down here. it is not _ wouldn't bring my car down here. it is not a _ wouldn't bring my car down here. it is not a safe - wouldn't bring my car

this is the aftermath of storm bert in pontypridd, wales.n described as a multi—hazard event. some people here have been flooded for the second time infouryears, despite flood prevention measures. my heart goes out to all those people whose homes are flooded again. the rain has been absolutely torrential. i give all my praise for all the council workers who are out, who've been out in the early hours of the morning. parts of wales had a month's worth of rainfall in just a day, causing landslides. this one was in llangollen. and another in south wales. northern ireland has seen flooded, too. at one point 6,500 homes were without power and roads and railways submerged. houses in east belfast have been inundated. we're the only ones out of the houses — we left and move the cars to go and get the sandbags and while we were out the water breached the properties and we can't get back in. in west yorkshire, yesterday's heavy snow and overnight rain left the main road between hebden bridge and todmorden impassable. the fire service have been using p

thank you forjoining us from pontypridd.x tourists died from suspected methanol poisoning in the town of vang vieng. three of them, including briton simone white, died last week. the laos government has now confirmed that three others, an american man and two danish women, who died the previous week — were all staying at the same hostel. 0ur asia correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes has been to vang vieng to meet tourists, from where he sent this report. it is late afternoon and the river is bustling with tourists and watercraft. for many young backpackers, the preferred form of transport is tubes. here you can get a sense of why so many young travellers are drawn here. beautiful river, surrounded by stunning mountains. you can go kayaking, hot—air ballooning, paragliding. it's an incredibly relaxed place with very few rules. each year hundreds of thousands of foreign tourists come here. their deaths — along with three others — from methanol poisoning, have sent a shockwave through the backpacking scene here. young women, in

a major emergency has been declared in pontypridd after the river taff burst its banks. nearly 50 flood alerts in place for wales with continued heavy rain causing flooding to roads and rail lines with a number of rivers bursting their banks. with me is our news correspondent simonjones. he can talk to us about the latest picture and in south wales they are really struggling under those conditions.— struggling under those conditions. �* . , conditions. are really grim situation. _ conditions. are really grim situation. we _ conditions. are really grim situation. we were - conditions. are really grimi situation. we were warned conditions. are really grim i situation. we were warned in advance that storm bert was going to be with us for a couple of days and described as a multi—hazard event bringing with it lots of rain in parts of the country, bringing with it snow and flooding. certainly todayit it snow and flooding. certainly today it is south wales that seems to be hearing the brunt. we have had a news conference in the past hour or so. a major incident was declared by

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. w

in pontypridd's storm, bert brought an all—too—familiar sinking feeling.by floods four years ago, defences were put in but couldn't hold back the river yesterday. gareth has bad news for his customers. firstly, myself, iwouldn�*t bring my car down here. it's not a safe place to leave your vehicle, is it? i mean, so you've got to try and explain that to customers now. and like i said, i don't know where to go from here. with 200 properties here flooded, some feel they've been failed again. warnings were issued, but too late for many. an investigation has been promised. well, there will be lessons we need to learn. we learnt lots of lessons last time we've put that investment in, but obviously that is something we will have to investigate further. in the wake of storm bert, there'll be weeks of repairing and rebuilding, as well as wondering whether more could have been done to protect these communities. hywel griffith, bbc news, cwmtillery. and our climate and environment correspondentjonah fisher is in pontypridd for us. it feels like floods are becoming mo

in pontypridd, up to 300 homes and commercial premises were flooded. among them, this garage.bout the future effect on his business after customers�* cars were written off. personally myself, i wouldn't bring my car down here. um, it's not a safe place to leave your vehicle, is it? so, i mean, so, you know, you got to try and explain that to customers now. and like i said, i don't know where they go from here. anger is growing over the level of warning given to these communities. we did not have - an amber last night. and when you consider the - amount of rain that came today and the flooding we've seen, i'm amazed there hasn't - been a red warning either. so that is something certainly, as a locall authority, we'll be raising. directly with the met office. last hit four years ago, the emergency services say they are trained to respond, but the past 2a hours have been a challenge. for us, as a fire service, is very testing period. yesterday was quite extensive with the number of calls that we were receiving. they peaked with several hundred calls through a very short duration,

in pontypridd, storm bert brought an all—too—familiar sinking feeling. years ago, defences were put in but couldn't hold back the river ysterday. gareth has bad news for his customers. personally, myself, iwouldn't bring my car down here. um, it's not a safe place to leave your vehicle, is it? so, i mean, so you've got to try and explain that to customers now and like i said, i don't know where to go from here. with 200 properties here flooded, some feel they've been failed again. warnings were issued, but too late for many. an investigation has been promised. well, there will be lessons we need to learn. we learnt lots of lessons last time, we've put that investment in, but obviously that is something we will have to investigate further. in the wake of storm bert, there'll be weeks of repairing and rebuilding, as well as wondering whether more could have been done to protect these communities. hywel griffith, bbc news, cwmtillery. so, are these type of flooding events becoming more common and what's causing them? here's our climate and environment corre

let's speak to our correspondent danjohnson who's in pontypridd. incident declared by the fire service, we hear? absolutely. they were inundated with calls this morning from flooded homeowners, around 300 of them affected across south wales which put pressure on the emergency services. they have called in extra resources from across wales and from england as well. that major incident remains in place. there are emergency teams out tonight. there are problems on the roads. there are many people who are in misery and not for the first time because many of these homes were flooded when storm dennis hit this part of the country very hard. there is frustration that the flood defences that were improved after that flood haven't withstood the test and homes have again been inundated. there are fire crews out doing their best to put away as much water as possible. there is a sense that perhaps the worst has passed but it is still raining in this river and many others across south wales are still raging torrents this evening. across south wales, water level

been in touch and said they had been in touch and said the flooding is taking place, a resident of pontypriddtly the same place, he should have learned after last time. ., , should have learned after last time. . , ., time. there are things that have been _ time. there are things that have been improved - time. there are things that have been improved upon. time. there are things that i have been improved upon and these are things we need to look at again to see, where defences overwhelmed? are there things that didn't work as well as they could have? are there places where there were no defences in place that flooded? 0bviously defences in place that flooded? obviously in severe weather, we cannot protect against absolutely everything and that is something that we need to think about as well. how do we adapt? how do we mitigate against these kind of risks as we go into the future? we need to think how we do things differently.— differently. people will appreciate _ differently. people will appreciate that - differently. people will appreciate that and - differently. people willl appreciate t

pontypridd was only under a yellow weather warning, but over the weekend it was one of the parts of the november's expected rainfall in less than 48 hours, passing the record set

pontypridd was only under a yellow weather warning, but over the weekend it was one of the parts of thek where storm bert dumped more than 80% of november's expected rainfall in less than 48 hours, passing the record set by storm dennis in 2020 in some areas. it's been more than enough for the river taff to burst its banks again, flooding up to 300 homes and commercial properties across this county. a major incident was declared in parts of south wales with standing water, fallen trees and landslides closing a number of roads. council leaders are alarmed they weren't given stronger warnings about bert. i am really surprised we did not have an amber last night. and when you consider the amount of rain that came today and the flooding we've seen, i'm amazed there hasn't been a red warning either. so that is something certainly, as a local authority, we'll be raising directly with the met office. the welsh first minister believes climate change means there are difficult choices to be made. climate change is going to impact on us, and there will come a point when it will be too difficult fo

danjohnson reports from the river taff in pontypridd. this is the river taff which are still high.ds. in north wales a 75—year—old who was reported missing by the river conwy yesterday, they have found a body in that search. these floods, this storm, they are claiming lives and putting others at risk. and this weather is still a raging torrent tonight. —— and this river is still a raging torrent tonight. across south wales, water levels are high, rivers have burst their banks and homes are flooded, bringing misery for people who in many cases have been hit for a second time. didn't have enough time to move the van. by the time i got back it went from one foot to a metre and i only went around the corner so within five minutes it was up by a metre. what time was this? this was just after nine. paul has lived here for more than 20 years and it's paula has lived here for more than 20 years and it's the second time in four years her home has been underwater. their believe is because there are flood defences in place the flood defences work. —— their belief is because there are flood de

the river taff has burst its banks in pontypridd, north of cardiff.alley in north wales after hours of torrential rain from storm bert left the river swollen. wind warnings are also in place for several counties across the island of ireland as storm bert brings challenging conditions. landing overnight on friday, the storm has flooded villages, submerged roads, and disrupted travel. in southern ireland, the town of killybegs has seen homes, charities, and official buildings affected, while the river feale in west limerick has burst its banks. storm bert has also caused significant travel disruption and danger on the roads. tragically, three men have died as a result of the storm. a man in his 60s lost his life when a tree fell on a car on a road in hampshire. two other fatal collisions occurred as the storm gripped england. louisa pilbeam reports. the uk and ireland are dealing with the mess caused by storm bert today. and the wild weather is not going away. new weather warnings are in place for either for heavy rain, strong winds or flooding. yellow

live now to pontypridd, in south wales, and our correspondent nicky schiller. situation there now.— described as the situation there now. �* . , there now. been, literally in there now. been, literally in the last couple _ there now. been, literally in the last couple of— there now. been, literally in the last couple of minutes, l there now. been, literally in i the last couple of minutes, the rain has started again, it's been on and off all day. now over the weekend, a month's worth of rain fell in 48 hours — and today, as you mentioned, the clean—up operation has been taking placejust behind me in one of the streets, i was talking to one of the local residents who was pulling out sodden carpets and putting them into a skip. now they are angry — they say that they didn't get the warnings that they should've got. they said that the first warning that they got was actually as the water was already coming into their property, and they feel the authorities should have given them more of a warning. now the authorities themselves say that their priority over the wee

this lido here behind me in pontypridd... into an agricultural field or a park does take some of the pressure off the flooding. indeed, anything which slows down the water and gives it more time to absorb into the ground can help. so what about more defences? well, for homes like these along the river, higher walls are really the only answer. but walls don't come cheap and difficult decisions are having to be made all the time as to who is protected and who isn't. adapting to climate change comes with dilemmas and huge costs. a clean—up operation is under way in south wales, after a landslip of mud, boulders and sludge meant residents had to be evacuated. 0ur wales correspondent tomos morgan is in cwmtillery. how is it looking this morning? still piles of rubbish.— how is it looking this morning? still piles of rubbish. yes, you can see it. still piles of rubbish. yes, you can see it- what _ still piles of rubbish. yes, you can see it. what you _ still piles of rubbish. yes, you can see it. what you can _ still piles of rubbi

storm dennis gave pontypridd a ”oundin ? . v storm dennis gave pontypridd a ”oundin ?ntypridd 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 ide

jonah fisher, in pontypridd.the weather shortly. an eight—year—old girl is in hospital after being seriously injured in a shooting in west london yesterday evening. it happened in ladbroke grove, and a man was also hurt. 0ur correspondent luxmy gopal is there. luxmy, what do we know so far? the shooting happened here at southern row in north kensington at 5:30pm yesterday, paramedics arrived within six minutes and treated two patients at the scene. the eight—year—old girl is not believed to have life—threatening injuries, she is in a stable condition. the 34—year—old man's condition is not yet known. a32—year—old woman who was also affected was taken to hospital as a precaution. a witness described seeing a man shooting directly into a car. she said he fired multiple times and described people screaming, and coming out side to call police. a woman i spoke to elia who is home overlooks this area, said that what she initially thought were fireworks, they turned out to be gunshots, she said she has lived here 30 yea

a month's worth of rain fell in 2a hours here in pontypridd. leading like this happened for macro years ago. people here are frustrated lessons have not been learned. —— flooding like this happened for macro years ago. there was panic yesterday afternoon as, within seconds, the streets were full of gushing flood water. spiking drinks, food, and drugs will be made a criminal offence — to tackle violence against women and girls. £2,000 a minute is lost to fraud in the uk. so how do you avoid falling victim to a scammer, and get your money back? it's bbc scam safe week and we take a look. # feed the world. # let them know it's christmas time.# a0 years after the original, and bob geldof defends the latest version of the band aid charity single, following a chorus of criticism. a new era begins at manchester united but ruben amorim's first game in charge ends in a frustrating draw at ipswich town. good morning. there are currently three _ good morning. there are currently three severe flood warnings in force across _ three severe flood warnings in

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this is the aftermath of storm bert in pontypridd, wales.some people have been flooded for the second time in four years despite flood prevention measures.— despite flood prevention measures. 3 ., ., ., measures. my heart goes out to all those people _ measures. my heart goes out to all those people whose - measures. my heart goes out to all those people whose homes | all those people whose homes are flooded again. the rain has been absolutely horrendous. i give praise to other council workers who have been out in the early hours of the morning. parts of wales had one month's worth of rain falling in one day causing landslide. this one is entangled tangle claim and another in south wales. northern ireland has seen flooding two and another in south wales. northern ireland has seen flooding to under 1.6 enough —— sixth —— 6500 homes have been flooded. itheiith enough -- sixth -- 6500 homes have been flooded.— have been flooded. with the water has — have been flooded. with the water has reached _ have been flooded. with the water has reached th

whether the people who've just been flooded out of their houses for the second time in four years in pontypriddhere the balance should be drawn and whether you think the same place is where we should draw it. i think they're very much in favour of staying in the climate convention. >> i think you're making a leap to assume that this has anything to assume that this has anything to do with climate change. >> no, i'm not making a leap. i'm actually paying attention to what the facts are. >> evidence for that. and i'm sorry. >> you're quite wrong. you see, there's a considerable amount of evidence for that. >> extreme weather incidents are having a lower cost in terms of gdp now than they did in the 1990s. >> sorry. >> sorry. >> this is really important because we keep on being told the fantastical stories of what climate change is doing would be really important. gdp terms. there is a lower cost of climate events now in 2024 than there was in the 1990s. >> what did you hear that? >> what did you hear that? >> that's from the chart we had on the programme. very well known bjorn bjorn lomborg. >> i

we've been covering that this hour to, of course, adam cherry, our reporter, is in pontypridd, and hel be showing us some some of the pretty, pretty violent disruption that has taken place and 200 weather warnings still in place. >> so it's not over yet. i think some discussion about whether those warnings came early enough, but of course you can't always predict the weather in britain. sometimes it takes an extraordinary turn. >> but of course, on all of the stories that we're covering today, do send your comments. visit us at gbnews.com/yoursay. all to come after your very latest news headlines . latest news headlines. >> tom, thank you and good afternoon. the top stories storm bert is bringing further widespread disruption with pubuc widespread disruption with public transport affected after devastating flooding over the weekend . great western railway weekend. great western railway says it suspended services on all key routes due to flooding and fallen trees . there are and fallen trees. there are still hundreds of flood alerts in place and a major incident declared in south wales

talk to gb news reporter adam cherry, who joins us from the eye of the storm yesterday at least pontypriddn south wales. adam, are they recovering mopping up or is there more to come ? there more to come? >> yeah. morning, guys. it's a little bit calmer this morning than it has been over the weekend. just even getting here was was very difficult, as you said, or as you heard during the news bulletins, a lot of rail closures and a lot of difficulty with travelling. so just to get here took us about 3.5 hours via car. our train was cancelled. now we're here. things are starting to calm down the riverbed. we're standing next to the river taff, over my right shoulder. in the last 24 hours, that rose very quickly broke the bank and several of the streets to my right, just off camera, were flooded. there were some flood defences in place because they did have a bit of an advance warning. but nonetheless, when mother nature takes hold, of course it's devastating. now, storm dennis, about four years ago was a was a similar experience for the people here. so they are a bit frustrated that not more