South Wales fire service describes ‘large-scale incident’ as England braces for cold weather warnings
A major incident has been declared in the aftermath of Storm Claudia, with more rain and flooding expected across Britain and Ireland on Saturday.
Four severe flood warnings had been issued by Natural Resources Wales as of 6am. This means there was a “significant risk to life and significant disruption to the community is expected”.
A yellow weather warning for rain across central and northern England, the south-west and Wales, expired at 6am on Satuday.
South Wales fire and rescue declared a major incident in the early hours of Saturday after “severe and widespread” flooding across the town and surrounding communities.
