Name: Major incident declared as Storm Claudia causes flooding and disruption | BBC News
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Here in the uk, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service has declared a major incident in Monmouth because of severe and widespread flooding after Storm Cloudia.

People have been advised to avoid the area to keep routes clear for emergency services.

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Four severe flood warnings remain in place in Monmouthshire, meaning that there's a significant risk to life and that disruption is expected from there.

In the dead of night, a deluge surging through this town.

When morning came, Monmouth town centre was underwater.

Fire crews soon declared a major incident.

Dozens were brought to safety after becoming trapped in their homes.

Luckily they slept and, yeah, I got woken up by a really loud noise and I couldn't see anything out the window because it was dark, but

I got a torch and I shone it and I just saw like a torrent of water.

I don't know if you see, but my side doorway has been smashed by the waters.

That doorway has been smashed by the force of the water.

Well, the floodwaters have subsided a little bit, but

as you can see, large parts of the centre of Monmouth are still underneath this brown, muddy lake of water.

And you can actually see over here how high the flood waters got when this torrent rushed into the town overnight.

And locals here have told us about the force, the power of this water that broke in some of the doorways of the shops on this street.

The fire service say the flood waters pose a real danger to residents and are warning people to stay away from the area.

The amount of water that was moving through the river is very fast flowing, very high risk for someone to enter that water.

So again, we would just reiterate for people to please stay away from the water, not to be wading through flood water.

Homes, businesses devastated by this flood.

But the focus here is still on the rescue operation.

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Major incident declared as Storm Claudia causes flooding and disruption | BBC News

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