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Thunderstorms and flash floods in Penarth | |
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Intense downpours are causing flash flooding across south Wales as a chain of thunderstorms move north. | |
According to the Met Office radar, the most intense rain so far has been between Cardiff and Newport, heading north towards Caerphilly and beyond. | |
Several homes and businesses in the Vale of Glamorgan have been flooded. | |
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service has been called out to several addresses in Penarth. | South Wales Fire and Rescue Service has been called out to several addresses in Penarth. |
Crews have been sent to a flooded cellar on Pill Street, a flooded kitchen on Victoria Road and a flooded road and garden on Windsor Road as well as other call-outs from Cowslip Drive and Augusta Crescent in Penarth and Stuart Close in Leckwith. | Crews have been sent to a flooded cellar on Pill Street, a flooded kitchen on Victoria Road and a flooded road and garden on Windsor Road as well as other call-outs from Cowslip Drive and Augusta Crescent in Penarth and Stuart Close in Leckwith. |
The fire service has also received reports of flooding in Twyn Sych Farm Lane Rudry, Caerphilly, while lightning has been recorded in Penarth, Cardiff, Newport, Cwmbran, Pontypool and Ebbw Vale. | |
A restaurant in Penarth has been battling blocked drains to keep the water out after the heavy storm to hit the area. | |
Rhiannon Hartland, manager of Romeo's By The Sea in Penarth, said that staff had been out with brushes as water began to seep through the door. | |
None of the customers could leave because of the torrential rain and storms which were at their worst around 14:00 BST. | |
"The water came inside a bit and the carpet is ruined," she said. | |
"It's gone down a lot now and we've cleared some of the drains. But it shouldn't have reached here." |