Are our Welsh Grans all ok ?

The National Lido in Pontypridd has been damaged again, it happen in the floods 4 years ago

We are in Carmarthen too * krazziecookie* . A bit cloudy today and quiet. No rain as yet

And here comes the rain again.

Thank you for asking. Luckily my area of Wales in Carmarthenshire is OK. I love living in Wales and feel sorry for the people that have had their homes flooded it must be awful.

Back to school and college here today, thank goodness.

I hope tonight's rain doesn't cause more trouble.

Where DD lives in North Wales the combination of melting snow and rain caused their lane to resemble a river.DD was away and we were taking over looking after the children from their other grandparents.SIL’s niece brought them to the village in the tractor!Luckily the houses were fine and all the farm animals were safe.

The First Minister has said - Wales need better flood warnings.

Such a beautiful day here in my part of Wales after the awful storm, causing so much flooding. Luckily I live high above the river Usk, but can see all the flooded fields and roads around. The force if the water coming off the mountain down my lane is quite frightening. Springs in my fields are gushing water into the ditches, dug specially to take storm water away from our driveway. Water is even coming out of the stone walling in the gardens!

Casdon

I think the problems partly developed because drains couldn’t cope with the volume of water and detritus over such a short space of time Dickens. Councils definitely should have been better prepared and provided sandbags where there were known/previous issues or rivers prone to flood - but because the rain came in torrential bursts and brought debris down from the hills with it, so many streets and homes which had never had issues before were overwhelmed. There have been lots of landslides too - it was as though it was coming down in buckets at times.

Thanks for that info Casdon.

Yes, I saw a snapshot of a drain completely overflowing. And itt did happen so quickly.

The Met Office had issued a yellow-warning, so residents were probably concerned when the Taff started rising, but were not prepared for the deluge that came within about 15 minutes afterward.

... and NRW has - like its English counterpart - had cuts to its funding (250 jobs cut allegedly) in order to save £13 million from its budget.

Looking at the matter nationally, I don't believe cutting agency / council budgets and staff is good for the future considering the way the weather-patterns are changing,

I know historically we've had these 'events' but they are happening more frequently.

My own area was affected with flash-flooding (Gloucestershire) - but we had the appropriate warnings from the EA.

In Bradford-on-Avon the temporary flood defences were taken away not that long ago by the Environment Agency as apparently they were thought to be a hazard.

The shops and houses in Bradford-on-Avon are now flooded.

I think the problems partly developed because drains couldn’t cope with the volume of water and detritus over such a short space of time Dickens. Councils definitely should have been better prepared and provided sandbags where there were known/previous issues or rivers prone to flood - but because the rain came in torrential bursts and brought debris down from the hills with it, so many streets and homes which had never had issues before were overwhelmed. There have been lots of landslides too - it was as though it was coming down in buckets at times.

Nanny27

It's nice that so many people are thinking of us in Wales. Round here we're have had quite severe flooding, many shops closed and most churches closed on Sunday. Schools near me seem to be generally open but a lot of buses not able to run so I guess attendance is patchy. We have a small river on our land and have checked it regularly. So far, despite scary levels it has remained in its bed.

It's nice that so many people are thinking of us in Wales.

I think a lot of people not on GN are also feeling sad and sorry for the people affected.

My OH was actually in tears watching a newsreel showing people desperately trying to empty their walled front-gardens of water with buckets, bowls, etc...

... he wondered if there was a Go-Fund-Me set up for them?

There should be no need, but it seems, based on what some have said, that they were not warned in advance sufficiently, and are more or less being left to get on with it. That of course is hear-say, but it does appear that councils were unprepared.

It's nice that so many people are thinking of us in Wales. Round here we're have had quite severe flooding, many shops closed and most churches closed on Sunday. Schools near me seem to be generally open but a lot of buses not able to run so I guess attendance is patchy. We have a small river on our land and have checked it regularly. So far, despite scary levels it has remained in its bed.

Pontypridd has been badly hit again by the flooding,

We had loads of snow up here in the hills of north Wales so the rain added to the snow melt made the lane I live on like a river. There are still flooded parts here today.
Luckily our homes have not been affected and feel for those who have had water getting into their houses.

Hasn’t been to bad here in Carmarthenshire. Though I suspect the Towy and the Gwendraeth are in flood. Very windy and wet and as we live near the sea , the noise of the waves was thunderous.
Really sorry for those poor souls in Ponty, and elsewhere.

Thankyou for asking, Bluebelle 😘 I’m fine here near Bridgend - just that constant nasty drizzle - started Xmas shopping today. I always get my AC, a box of Ferroro Rocher.- very disappointed - they’re cheaper on Amazon. Might take them back tomorrow 🤣

Im originally from Pontypridd it was badly hit from the floods . The river Taff burst it’s banks there was no warning and no help or flood defences , no sandbags nothing ! This is the second time in 4 years that Sion street and Berw Road have been flooded ! 😢

That's reminded me to ring a good friend in England - as parts of England are also getting badly flooded....(including a risky area right near her in my home city).

An older sister and BiL live just outside a small town in the Yorkshire Dales. I phoned yesterday, to ask how they were doing with Bert rampaging around.
They were barely affected, thank goodness - except for no weekend papers in the local shop - delivery vehicles either unable or not risking it.
It was worse a bit further east, apparently.

Our small part of South Wales hasn't been to badly hit, although a few miles away there have been the floods seen on the news as the,River Taff is only about 20 miles away. The rain has been torrential but at least that has subsided to showers.

We drove over the river Taff this morning it was extremely high. Thankfully the little village down the mountain from us has not been flooded this time.

And those in Northern Ireland?

So sad for those who’ve been affected my sister near Tenby says all is well where she is thank goodness.

It's been shocking in Wales and in Gloucestershire too.
Roads turned into rivers, a waterfall down the cliffs, homes flooded.

Schools and colleges are closed today, there is online learning.

The exceptional rain could cause more flooding as the waters move downstream, worse when it is high tide.