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Rescue services have been here since 5am, taking residents from their home to safety, after storm dennis wreaks havoc across south wales. after the met office issued its highest red warning for rain this morning, it was clear the welsh valleys would suffer. at around lunchtime, a major incident was declared here. by then, though, pontypridd high street had already been underwater for several hours. across south wales, other communities, like crickhowell near brecon, have also needed the emergency services to help them to safety. the residents of aberdulais near neath were evacuated in the earl...

River levels relatively quickly. you can probablyjust make out a tide posed by its landmark. things gradually improving. let's hope that things don't carry on too long. some of the fire and rescue service boats that were out last night had been out since yesterday morning so they are doing 12 hour shifts at the moment and working very, very hard. it is quite remarkable and hysterical waves and the smiles belie what must terrible times for anybody who has been through this. just that sentence, we join you in the middle of hereford and you said, there is another boat coming up now. simon, you ar...

Here in nantgarw, just north of cardiff, over 100 homes have been ruined by the rain. rescue services have been here since 5am, taking residents from their home to safety, after storm dennis wreaks havoc across south wales. after the met office issued its highest red warning for rain this morning it was clear the welsh valleys would suffer. at around lunchtime, a major incident was declared here. by then, though, pontypridd high street had already been under water for several hours. across south wales, other communities like here near brecon, have also needed the emergency services to help the...

River is beautiful but can be very dangerous. so what advice would you give to people, particularly people who know if they put their house on the market it is not going to sell if it has flooded once. there are some things you can do immediately to make your property more resilient, should it flood again, so you really can tire all your floors and move your electricity up. so you can and move your electricity up. so you ca n recover and move your electricity up. so you can recover more quickly, and that is something you can take steps to do that, i think that would be a very sensible first th...

Water passing every second if you just think about how much water that is, it is a colossal amount, 45 times the average flow in the river. so what is happening now, because that rain has hit wales really yesterday, it is travelling down some of those big rivers like the river wye and the pictures we are seeing in hereford are as a result of the water that has the cambrian mountains in wales, travels down rivers like the wye and the severn, these rivers passed through wales into england in some cases back to wales again, so it is our colleagues there in herefordshire and the environment agency...