29/2/20

Cardiff Council teams worked throughout the night to help ensure residents and property were protected from the possibility of flooding.

As Storm Jorge hit the city bringing torrential rain for several hours, crews worked around the clock putting flood defences and road closures in place, monitoring culverts and gullies, clearing fallen trees and delivering sandbags to areas deemed an immediate and high risk.

Our highways teams received large volume of calls and responded to around 100 incidents.

The level crossing at St Fagans was closed yesterday evening in response to rising river levels and remains closed at this time.

Residential areas around Ely Bridge were monitored overnight with the River Ely reaching its highest level since 2012 at 3.70m.

One property on Wroughton Place suffered internal flooding and a road closure has been put in place due to the excessive water on the road there.

Early morning reports suggest that the risk of flooding in this area has now receded but the situation will continue to be monitored closely.

Council Leader, Cllr Huw Thomas, said: "Once again, Cardiff was battered overnight and our crews worked tirelessly to do everything they could to prevent the possibility of flooding. Where flooding has happened we will do what we can to support affected residents.

"The council will also work with partners across the weekend. While the weather conditions have improved this morning, there remains a yellow wind warning in place for the region and I would urge the public to stay safe and only travel if it's absolutely necessary."

To report flooding in Cardiff call 02920 872087 and select option 5. Articles and information on what to do in the event if flooding is available on the Natural Resources Wales website. We advise residents who think their property could be at risk of flooding to consider purchasing sandbags in advance of any incident. While sandbags can act to delay water entering a property the council only has a very limited supply and we can't guarantee that we can reach homes in time in an emergency situation.