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Politicians in Wales demand government bring forward sustainable flood defences plan
Firefighters pumping flood waters on Sion Street, Pontypridd, Wales, November 24, 2024

POLITICIANS in Wales have demanded the Welsh government urgently bring forward a sustainable flood defences plan following the devastation wrought by Storm Bert.

Heledd Fychan, Plaid Cymru MS for South Wales Central representing Pontypridd and neighbouring communities that have been badly hit, has written to the Welsh government requesting action.

She said “lessons have not been learned” since Storms Ciara, Dennis and Jorge struck in 2020 in her letter to Trefnydd Jane Hutt and Deputy First Minister Huw Irranca-Davies, who is also cabinet secretary for climate change and rural affairs.

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