we are talking to sian williams, who is the north west operations officer in wales.hat 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, lo

let's speak to sian williams who is the head of north—west operations at natural resources in wales,d warnings. let's start with the flood morning that was issued. some councillors have said they were amazed that only a yellow weather warning was issued. we are weather warning was issued. - are hearing a lot of concerns today. yesterday as well around the weather warning that was issued. 0bviously the weather warning that was issued. obviously the weather warnings come through from the met office in relation to storms and different weather patterns that are likely to come. they issued weather warnings for rain and wind at the back end of last week. we worked hard as we do in the run—up to any event to make sure we were ready on the ground and our systems were operating, making sure that we needed to check to ensure our defences were operational in advance of the storm, so that is the way that we work. 0bviously, is the way that we work. obviously, the weather warnings themselves come down to the met office and i'm sure that there will be looking to see whether it was appropriate, whe

head of operations northwest at natural resources wales sian williams, has this response. here is a combination. there was a yellow weather warning for rain and for wind over the past couple of days and into last week as well, obviously we had the different kinds of severe weather with the snow and then the storm. what we saw over the weekend, yesterday, north wales was really badly affected. today, unfortunately, south wales has been severely affected. we've seen a number of properties are flooded, a number of warnings that we've got has been a significant number. we still got several warnings out across the whole of wales. . warnings out across the whole of wales-_ warnings out across the whole of wales. . my .,, of wales. some are saying those warninus of wales. some are saying those warnings were — of wales. some are saying those warnings were too _ of wales. some are saying those warnings were too late, - of wales. some are saying those warnings were too late, some i warnings were too late, some are saying the warning came through at 7:40am but the river had already f

let's speak to sian williams, who is head of operations north west at natural resources wales.regulator responsible for managing wales�* natural resources. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rouramme. h, ., ., ~ programme. good evening, thank ou for programme. good evening, thank you for having _ programme. good evening, thank you for having me. _ programme. good evening, thank you for having me. do _ programme. good evening, thank you for having me. do you - programme. good evening, thank you for having me. do you think l you for having me. do you think ou've you for having me. do you think you've got _ you for having me. do you think you've got the _ you for having me. do you think you've got the warnings - you for having me. do you think you've got the warnings right i you've got the warnings right here? ~ ~ ., �* here? well, i think what we've seen here _ here? well, i think what we've seen here is — here? well, i think what we've seen here is a _ here? well, i think what we've seen here is a combinatio