The flooding situation has now eased in Denbighshire, according to the latest update from the county council, issued earlier this evening (Tuesday).
Latest reports suggest that approximately 400 properties have been affected in St Asaph, most if not all properties on the Glasdir Estate Ruthin and between ten and 15 properties in Rhuddlan, have been evacuated including the hotel/restaurant park.
The situation is stabilising and the rivers have stopped over topping now and the latest high tide had no impact on the flooding. T
The fire and rescue service is using high volume pumps to pump the water away from flooded areas where possible and Denbighshire staff are cleaning up where possible. The Environment Agency is in attendance.
The council continues to have two rest centres open at the moment, but with only one person expected to stay at St Asaph overnight .
The situation in Ruthin will be reviewed, depending on need.
There are enough volunteers to cover overnight and local supermarkets, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Asda, as well as Ysbyty Glan Clwyd have all donated food, medical equipment, bedding, clothing.
Both Ysgol Esgob Morgan and Ysgol Glan Clwyd(both in St Asaph) will remain closed tomorrow (Wednesday)
Mohammed Mehmet, Denbighshire County Council's Chief Executive, said: "Today has been a difficult day for many people affected by flooding, not only in St Asaph, Ruthin and Rhuddlan, but also in other communities.
"Even though we are still in the response stage, work has already started to plan for the recovery phase. A series of sub groups have been set up to look at each area of priority such as welfare, clean up and temporary accommodation and housing needs.
We have had a number of offers of help from the public, voluntary groups and neighbouring Councils and we are extremely grateful for their kind offers.
"We have been doing everything we can and have primarily focussed our efforts on the immediate emergency, ensuring that people are warm, fed and safe and rehoused where possible.
"I have been proud of the Council's response, many working through the night and in difficult circumstances to try and deal with the on-going situation. Teams of staff from many departments have dealt with an extensive number of enquiries from the public and the media and I would like to thank them for their professional and co-ordinated approach to dealing with what can only be described as unprecedented situation for many.
"Staff have worked closely with volunteers from the British Red Cross in the running of two rest centres and with the other emergency services in dealing with the developing situation during the day."
Any further developments will be placed on Denbighshire's website: www.denbighshire.gov.uk
residents can access public health information by visiting: www.hpa.org.uk or www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/page/43887
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Another flooding update
Latest update on flooding issued by Denbighshire County Council at 11.10am says:
Residents in parts of Ruthin have been evacuated from their homes as the threat of flooding increases.
Parts of the town have already seen flooding occur and there are potentially up to 400 properties at risk. A rest centre has been opened at Ruthin Leisure Centre.
This is in addition to the problems being experienced in St Asaph where flooding has been widespread. A rest centre has operated at the city's leisure centre since the early hours of this morning.
The flooding has also had a major effect on transport in the region.
Arriva
All services operating near normally except:
51 (Rhyl-Denbigh): not currently running south of St Asaph.
X94 (Barmouth - Wrexham): issues at Corwen preventing a through service (see below). Awaiting further information.
GHA
Ser 1/2 Ruthin - Mold
Operating as near to normal as possible but not diverting via the usual villages
Corwen area services (GHA 5/X5/village services plus Arriva X94)
No services operating by GHA. Arriva X94 unlikely to be available owing to Corwen flooding.
Ser 14 Denbigh - Mold
This was operating near normally via the main roads only but the road has now been closed and therefore cannot now operate.
Ser 62 Denbigh - Nantglyn/Llansannan
Not operating
Villages south of Ruthin (Clawdd, Betws etc into Ruthin)
Not operating
X52/X50 Rhyl - Denbigh - Ruthin - Wrexham
Service suspended between Denbigh and Rhyl. Denbigh to Wrexham operating as normally as possible but in Wrexham via A525 rather than Southsea and New Broughton
M & H Coaches
Ser 6 Denbigh Town and Llannefydd
Reported as operating normally
Ser 10 Bodfari - Tremeirchion - Rhyl
Subject to delays. Cannot serve whole route
Ser 76 (Denbigh-Llandyrnog-Ruthin-Graigfechan)
Subject to delays. Service is avoiding Gellifor and may have to divert away from other villages.
Other Services
All remaining services and those operating via revised routes subject to some delay. Note that the volume of general traffic on main roads and the number of car breakdowns adding to issues for bus services.
Residents in parts of Ruthin have been evacuated from their homes as the threat of flooding increases.
Parts of the town have already seen flooding occur and there are potentially up to 400 properties at risk. A rest centre has been opened at Ruthin Leisure Centre.
This is in addition to the problems being experienced in St Asaph where flooding has been widespread. A rest centre has operated at the city's leisure centre since the early hours of this morning.
The flooding has also had a major effect on transport in the region.
Arriva
All services operating near normally except:
51 (Rhyl-Denbigh): not currently running south of St Asaph.
X94 (Barmouth - Wrexham): issues at Corwen preventing a through service (see below). Awaiting further information.
GHA
Ser 1/2 Ruthin - Mold
Operating as near to normal as possible but not diverting via the usual villages
Corwen area services (GHA 5/X5/village services plus Arriva X94)
No services operating by GHA. Arriva X94 unlikely to be available owing to Corwen flooding.
Ser 14 Denbigh - Mold
This was operating near normally via the main roads only but the road has now been closed and therefore cannot now operate.
Ser 62 Denbigh - Nantglyn/Llansannan
Not operating
Villages south of Ruthin (Clawdd, Betws etc into Ruthin)
Not operating
X52/X50 Rhyl - Denbigh - Ruthin - Wrexham
Service suspended between Denbigh and Rhyl. Denbigh to Wrexham operating as normally as possible but in Wrexham via A525 rather than Southsea and New Broughton
M & H Coaches
Ser 6 Denbigh Town and Llannefydd
Reported as operating normally
Ser 10 Bodfari - Tremeirchion - Rhyl
Subject to delays. Cannot serve whole route
Ser 76 (Denbigh-Llandyrnog-Ruthin-Graigfechan)
Subject to delays. Service is avoiding Gellifor and may have to divert away from other villages.
Other Services
All remaining services and those operating via revised routes subject to some delay. Note that the volume of general traffic on main roads and the number of car breakdowns adding to issues for bus services.
Latest flooding update
In its latest update on flooding problems this morning (Tuesday) Denbighshire County Council says:
Problems are now being reported in Ruthin. Properties on the Glasdir Estate on the outskirts of the town are being evacuated due to flooding.
Road closed in Denbighshire:
Problems are now being reported in Ruthin. Properties on the Glasdir Estate on the outskirts of the town are being evacuated due to flooding.
Road closed in Denbighshire:
- A5 Corwen
- A525 St Asaph towards Rhuddlan
- The Roe and surrounding roads in St Asaph.
- A543 - Landslip on the outskirts of Denbigh.
- Off slip of the A55 at St Asaph closed (westbound)
Floods should make health board re-think shake-up says AM
An
Assembly Member claims the chief executive’s complaints that floods on the A55 caused
transport problems for staff and patients of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health
Board shows it should reconsider its controversial centralisation plans.
Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid member for North
Wales, points out board Mary Burrows has just written to David Sissling, director general of
NHS Wales, asking his assistance with other government
departments to address the A55 flood risk
This, she says, has “yet
again put at risk our ability, with Welsh Ambulance Service Trust, to provide
continuity of service”.
Ms Burrows adds: “The
closure of the A55 in at least two sections on Thursday, 22 November 2012
isolated many communities, affected staff getting home and coming into work and
required deployment of our weather contingency plan. The West became virtually
isolated.
“The only other road, the
A5, which was accessible many hours later, is a single road that became
completely overloaded with lorries. It was extremely difficult for ambulances
to get to Ysbyty Gwynedd in any reasonable time.
Mr Gruffydd comented: "I
share Mary Burrows' concern about the flooding of the A55 and the knock-on
effects this had on local health services, in particular the ambulance service.
“There is a need to ensure
the Welsh Government continues to improve flood defences rather than reducing
spending on this important work for communities across Wales.
“However, we must also
recognise that the A55 is vulnerable to one-off events like the recent flooding
and traffic accidents. This is another reason why we should be questioning the
proposal to centralise health services and, in the case of neonatal intensive
care, moving it across the border to Arrowe Park.
“By this proposal the
health board is expecting patients to travel ever-greater distances along a
road that it is now saying is not fit for purpose.
"I will be raising this matter with the Health Minister and
the Community Health Council as part of my objection to the centralisation
proposals of the health board and hope that the board will also re-consider its
plans.
“We have consistently raised concerns about the proposal to move
new-born babies from across the North to the Wirral and last week's flood bore
out the dangers of such a reliance on transport out of the community."
Bridge disappears under covers
A llanblogger reader has sent in this picture of the bridge over the Llangollen Railway west of Berwyn Station encased in covers.
The bridge, off the A5, is under repair by the county council and the covers are in place while shot-blasting is carried out.
The bridge, off the A5, is under repair by the county council and the covers are in place while shot-blasting is carried out.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Flood alert on upper Dee
The agency says: "River levels are above normal but flooding of property is not expected at the moment.
"Lake levels at Llyn Tegid are rising and are expected to do so for the next 15 hours.
"Further rainfall is forecast over the next 12 hours and conditions are expected to deteriorate.
"River levels at Bala and Corwen are rising and are expected to do so for the next 15 hours. In addition to the area detailed, some localised flooding problems may result from surface water."
For more information, call Floodline on 0845 988 1188, select option 1 and enter Quickdial number 192002 to get more information
Council apologises over recycling scheme snags
Denbighshire's Cabinet Lead Member for Public Realm, Councillor David Smith,
has apologised to people experiencing difficulties with the roll out of the new
x2 recycling and refuse collection service following a number of problems in the
south of the county, which includes Llangollen.
Over the past week, Denbighshire has been changing the service to 16,000 households, including the delivery of 50,000 additional bins, but problems with the deliveries have meant that some households have not received their new bins and information on their new collection times.
Councillor Smith said: "I would like to apologise to anyone who has experienced difficulties with the new service and would like to reassure people we are doing everything we can to rectify the situation.
"We expected some teething problems, but the issues have been worse than expected. We normally pride ourselves on our recycling service, but with this latest roll-out we fully recognise there have been problems and for that we are truly sorry.
"We have had crews out over the weekend in order to clear any backlog of bins that have been missed and also to ensure that people receive their new bins. We are putting every available resource into making sure that this situation is remedied as soon as possible and we would like to thank people in advance for their patience."
For the vast majority of residents in the affected area, this week (w/c November 26) is a recycling week, so the council has asked people to place their recycling out on the new collection day, rather than their old one.
Residents can put their old-style recycling sacks out if they don't yet have their new containers, and the council says it will collect them.
For the vast majority of residents in the affected area, next week (w/c December 3) is for residual waste (waste that can't be recycled - black bins or pink sacks) so they are asked to put their residual waste out on the new collection day.
The council says it is aware that some people who are now on wheelie bins, wish to be on sacks and vice versa.
A spokesperson added: "We would ask anyone in this situation to contact us and we will try to accommodate people's wishes where we can, but we want to concentrate on the delivery of the new equipment at the moment."
If you have not received your recepticles and/or calendar, and have not already done so, contact Customer Services on 01824 706100 (Welsh line) or 706101 (English Line).
Over the past week, Denbighshire has been changing the service to 16,000 households, including the delivery of 50,000 additional bins, but problems with the deliveries have meant that some households have not received their new bins and information on their new collection times.
Councillor Smith said: "I would like to apologise to anyone who has experienced difficulties with the new service and would like to reassure people we are doing everything we can to rectify the situation.
"We expected some teething problems, but the issues have been worse than expected. We normally pride ourselves on our recycling service, but with this latest roll-out we fully recognise there have been problems and for that we are truly sorry.
"We have had crews out over the weekend in order to clear any backlog of bins that have been missed and also to ensure that people receive their new bins. We are putting every available resource into making sure that this situation is remedied as soon as possible and we would like to thank people in advance for their patience."
For the vast majority of residents in the affected area, this week (w/c November 26) is a recycling week, so the council has asked people to place their recycling out on the new collection day, rather than their old one.
Residents can put their old-style recycling sacks out if they don't yet have their new containers, and the council says it will collect them.
For the vast majority of residents in the affected area, next week (w/c December 3) is for residual waste (waste that can't be recycled - black bins or pink sacks) so they are asked to put their residual waste out on the new collection day.
The council says it is aware that some people who are now on wheelie bins, wish to be on sacks and vice versa.
A spokesperson added: "We would ask anyone in this situation to contact us and we will try to accommodate people's wishes where we can, but we want to concentrate on the delivery of the new equipment at the moment."
If you have not received your recepticles and/or calendar, and have not already done so, contact Customer Services on 01824 706100 (Welsh line) or 706101 (English Line).
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