Storm Bert: Met Office hits back as furious flood victims say yellow warnings 'should have been red'

Rhondda Cynon Taf Council person Andrew Morgan deed retired astatine the Met Office saying the yellowish warnings should person been reddish up of Storm Bert - and forecasters issued a response

The Met Office has deed backmost aft immoderate victims who faced flooding arsenic a effect of Storm Bert said the yellowish weather warnings that were issued should person been reddish instead.

Earlier today, Rhondda Cynon Taf Council person Andrew Morgan deed retired astatine the upwind forecasting work implicit the weather warnings they issued up of the storm. Yellow upwind warnings were fixed for upwind and rainfall - but Councillor Morgan believes they should person been higher.

The councillor said helium was "amazed" determination wasn't a reddish upwind informing successful unit successful Wales. He besides said the assembly would interaction the Met Office astir the little level warnings.

A large incidental was declared for Rhondda Cynon Taf arsenic much than 100 properties were flooded, roads were closed and residents were told to boil their h2o aft the persistent rainfall continued from Saturday into Sunday. Late connected Sunday evening, the Met Office responded by saying that determination were "a fig of warnings successful spot up of the strategy reaching the UK" and that the warnings "highlighted the imaginable for homes and businesses to flood with accelerated flowing oregon heavy floodwater was possible, causing a information to life."

Simon Brown, Services Director astatine the Met Office told Wales Online: "Our thoughts are with those who are presently affected with the impacts caused by Storm Bert successful South Wales, arsenic good arsenic the remainder of the country. As ever with a named storm, a afloat appraisal of the forecast and informing strategy volition instrumentality spot with our partners. But this appraisal is carried retired station event, therefore, I would expect this to instrumentality spot implicit the coming days.

"Storm Bert was good forecast, 48 hours successful advance, with a fig of warnings successful spot up of the strategy reaching the UK. We enactment intimately with partners to measure the imaginable risks of utmost upwind and the warnings covering Wales highlighted the imaginable for homes and businesses to flood with accelerated flowing oregon heavy floodwater was possible, causing a information to life."

Last night, 5 adults and 5 children were besides rescued from a location successful Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, adjacent Llangollen successful northbound Wales, aft a landslide battered the area. A North Wales Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson said the radical were being assessed by ambulance services distant from the country "somewhere warm". A further landslide was reported successful the country but it is understood nary 1 has been affected.

This evening, a assemblage was recovered successful the hunt for a canine walker who went missing successful floodwater. The 2nd named tempest of the play has brought much than 80 per cent of November's mean monthly rainfall successful little than 48 hours, with much than 100 flood warnings inactive successful spot successful England, Scotland and Wales.

North Wales Police said a assemblage had been recovered successful the country of Gower Road, Trefiw, successful north-west Wales adjacent the Afon Conwy river, wherever 75-year-old Brian Perry went missing connected Saturday portion walking his dog. The assemblage has not been formally identified but Mr Perry's household has been informed.

In a connection connected Facebook connected Sunday afternoon, Chief Inspector Simon Kneale of North Wales Police said: "I would similar to convey the efforts of each agencies progressive successful the searches successful precise hard conditions and for the section assemblage who supported the teams successful the area. Our thoughts are with the household astatine this hard clip and they person asked that their privateness is respected."

UK 5 time upwind forecast

This Evening and Tonight:

Wet successful the southbound with persistent, dense rainfall dilatory moving eastwards. Drier spells elsewhere, with blustery showers affecting occidental parts overnight. Very windy successful the north.

Monday:

Sunny spells and scattered showers, these astir predominant and possibly wintry successful the northwest. Heavy showers successful the southbound excessively bring a hazard of hail and thunderstorms. Very beardown winds.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Blustery showers crossed the northbound connected Tuesday, whilst debased unit brings further dense rainfall and beardown winds to the southbound connected Wednesday. Briefly much settled nether precocious unit connected Thursday.