Briton Ferry Today

[Darran]

Pictures show scale of devastation in town where residents are staying in hotels

The town hadn't flooded for decades but now, days before Christmas, folk here are beginning a long rebuild

www.walesonline.co.uk

 

[Cooperman]

Dreadful at any time of year, but unthinkable just before Christmas.

 

[monmouth]

Climate change just a hoax though obviously. Poor people of the Ferry. It's piling it down again here today and heavy downpours forecast for after midnight.. I'm glad to be on high ground but fear for those at river level.

 

[Neath_Jack]

I was down there this morning as a relatives house was just starting to flood at 7am and the council couldn’t provide any sandbags. Those poor people, some had sewerage flowing through their houses, absolutely gutted for them.

 

[Niigata Jack]

My first job today was up by Maesteg Hospital, I never got there the top road above Cwmavon was flooded as was the road cymmer side left turn off the hill from Pontrhydyfen on the right hand side through the bends was about 18"'s deep, a driver of a Transit van attempted to turn around and put the front of the van in the ditch at the side of the road, couldn't get near Bryn due to another flood, turned round again headed down to Cwmavon to head to Victoria rd and that was underwater near the junction with the main Cwmavon Rd nightmare start to the day