Families evacuated from their homes as Storm Bert causes huge landslide with roads flooded after major incident declared

FAMILIES person been evacuated from their homes aft a immense landslide flooded roads arsenic Storm Bert continues to origin chaos.

Footage connected societal media shows buildings n the Cwmtillery country of Abertillery, Wales, heavy successful sludge and mud arsenic h2o pours down what appears to beryllium a street.

Another video circulating online shows a achromatic conveyance stuck swamped among muck and rocks.

Some residents person already been evacuated to a section leisure centre, the assembly said.

Blaenau Gwent assembly said: "We are alert that a fig of households successful the Cwmtillery country of Abertillery person been evacuated by exigency services.

"We are making arrangements for those affected and a remainder centre has been acceptable up astatine Abertillery Sports Centre. We are connected tract with partners assessing the situation."

Local nonmigratory Wayne Green said his full thoroughfare had been evacuated to the leisure centre precocious connected Sunday night.

Previously, helium said that the occurrence work had told him they were leaving an motor astatine the bottommost of the thoroughfare overnight.

"If immoderate of the residents perceive a siren past we person got to evacuate and they told america which way to take,” helium told the BBC.

"They're going doorway to doorway telling the residents which mode to evacuate the thoroughfare if determination is different slip," Wayne added.

As quality of the landslide dispersed online, those successful the country were speedy to connection assistance and support.

One wrote: "Happy to ferry radical who can’t thrust and we’ve blankets that tin beryllium used."

Another said: "These comments amusement however beauteous Wales is!!!! I person a camper van I'm not utilizing tin beryllium parked and has a treble furniture and heater successful tredegar based.

A 3rd commented: "I person a spare country if anyone needs a spot to enactment tonight."

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service confirmed they person 2 occurrence engines astatine the scene.

Meanwhile, a large incidental has been declared successful the Rhondda Cynon Taf country of South Wales, which has been 1 of the worst-hit areas with 80 per cent of a month’s rainfall falling successful little than 48 hours.

Between 2 and 3 100 properties person been affected by flooding successful the area, portion the Environment Agency (EA) estimates 80 properties successful England person flooded truthful far.

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council said the interaction of the flooding was “looking to beryllium much important than the terrible interaction experienced during Storm Dennis” successful 2020.

At a property league successful Pontypridd connected Sunday afternoon, assembly person Andrew Morgan said the weather was worse than forecast.

“I americium amazed that it was lone a yellowish upwind informing issued,” helium said.

“We perfectly thought connected Saturday… we were preparing for the anticipation of an amber warning.

“It didn’t travel but we took the determination ourselves to measurement up our resources and person depots unfastened and crews in.

“I americium amazed determination wasn’t a reddish informing issued. During Storm Dennis we saw an amber informing successful beforehand and a reddish informing issued successful the aboriginal hours. I bash deliberation that volition request to beryllium reviewed shortly.”

Rest centres person been acceptable up for residents impacted astatine Pontypridd Library, Ystrad Sports Centre, Sobell Leisure Centre and Cynon Valley Indoor Bowls Centre.