, news coming in from a councillor in the rhondda valley. news. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise. hello there. storm bert refuses to relinquish its tight grip across the uk. today, it's all going to be about heavy rain and gale force gusts of winds. and these are some of the rainfall totals we're starting to see now. over the last 36 hours, it's parts of wales that have seen the heaviest of the rain — just shy of 100mm. and it's here where we're likely to see further heavy rainfall as we go through the day today. in fact, in the last few hours, we've seen some heavier pulses pushing up through the south—west into wales and north—west england. flood warnings are starting to arrive now. there could be some localised flooding before storm bert moves away. the centre of the low starting to hook itself to the north—west of the uk. but that trailing weather front will stay with us throughout the day. it's going to gradually drift its way steadily eastwards, the rain becoming light and patchy through the midlands by lunchtime as

more rainwater to come down off the hills and as it is funnelled into these valleys it still poses a risk. let's speak to rhonddahas been helping out his community today. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the programme. thanks for having me. talk programme. thanks for having me- talk us — programme. thanks for having me. talk us through _ programme. thanks for having me. talk us through what - programme. thanks for having me. talk us through what you | me. talk us through what you have seen _ me. talk us through what you have seen today. _ me. talk us through what you have seen today. as it - me. talk us through what you have seen today. as it comes| have seen today. as it comes fairly often — have seen today. as it comes fairly often to _ have seen today. as it comes fairly often to us, _ have seen today. as it comes fairly often to us, the - have seen today. as it comes fairly often to us, the banks i fairly often to us, the banks have exploded again so we have had homes that have been flooded, businesses that have been destroyed and people c

valleys. danjohnson, bbc news, in pontypridd. i spoke to rhonddagroves, who has been helping out his community. he told us what was experienced today. the banks have exploded again, so we've had houses that have been flooded, businesses that have been shut, people who can't get to where they need to go. so, we've got vulnerable people left out and houses just getting washed out time and time again. so, i don't want to sound a bit of a beggar from around there, but we keep saying we need more help, we need more funding. prevention is better than cure. and me being a business owner, i've already sorted my week for next week, because we knew it was coming. so, we're not sure why the council aren't knowing it's coming. there was no sandbags available this morning, so lucky a few local people were getting bags together, delivering them to local houses, local businesses, doing what we could. but itjust wasn't enough. we need more help, we need more funding. and what were you able to do when you were out today? well, my company itself, along with a few ot

rhondda cynon taf, south wales, after heavy rainfall caused severe flooding. the river taff has burst its banks in pontypridd, north of cardiff. a man is considered missing in the conwy valleyain 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 warnings, meaning travel disruption and moderate