00:00Hi everyone, it's Grace from the Morsh Beacon. I'm here today in Monmouth Town and as you can see behind me,
00:05these effects that Storm Claudia has had on the town and so many other areas, it's caused major disruption
00:11and many local businesses were affected. Local residents had to be evacuated from their homes.
00:20Yeah, so many emotions are going through my head. It didn't seem real.
00:25Like, I feel good now, I'm rescued, I feel better, but it's still, knowing that it still feels scary.
00:35Just still feeling very anxious at all, which is not fun, but at least I'm safe.
00:42My dog woke me up at 1am barking, so I was like, someone's trying to get in my house,
00:47and I ran down the stairs, and I could see the bottom of my stairs, and water's just coming in,
00:52and I was like, oh my god, oh my god, and I didn't know what to do.
00:57I was panicking, not knowing what to do. I was just trying to get my stuff as well as I could,
01:04get the dog up to a safe place, and then just, I just kind of had to watch it happen.
01:10And I see in the car, two of cars, being pushed down in the water, and weren't trapped into the cold,
01:17and it's just, you just don't think anything that happens to you, it's so scary.
01:22So, this has been done perhaps since Thursday, we were initially aware that there was an annual alert for blood water.
01:36We've got resources last night, as we've been rising, and people telemedicine,
01:43so we're now, so it's been in the green pass, and that's the way that we've been in the green pass.
01:50I want to ask you, how much would you think the question is?
01:54At the moment, we are upwards of 80, and still rising, so we're still going to be upwards of 80.
02:01Are you still sure that you can do this, and how much would you think the question is?
02:07With regards to prevention of flooding, that would really be my area, that would be more of a sort of local country,
02:16so, you know, government official, as we can, to figure out anything about safety when flooding does happen.
02:22What we're seeing a lot of at the moment are on lookers, bystanders, people come to have a look at the flooding.
02:27The flooding is just incredibly dangerous, particularly when it's fast moving water.
02:32What people don't see underneath the flood water, as they're waving around, are things like liquid matter,
02:37or covered drains, things like that.
02:39There's obviously a huge danger of someone falling into an open flood water,
02:43so we would advise people to stay well clear of the flood water,
02:47to move themselves, their family that belongs upstairs.
02:50If they are in any danger, it's all 999, and ultimately, to try and avoid charging as possible.
02:58I'm afraid I don't have any information on me at the moment, I do my first thing this morning,
03:12I believe it was sort of clear about the flood water, both significantly,
03:18and we started to move our seats into place because of the weather warnings and the main storm that came out from the Met Office.
03:30So, as the flood is developed as a service, we were in a position to begin under second address,
03:36and we're starting to get people out there.
03:38as we sit down, we've got a lot of space, to take people out there,
03:40so we're trying to get people out there.
03:42And like, what's going on there?
03:44They take people out there.
03:46Oh, and there they have a lot of space, and they have a great idea.
03:50And these are the other things that they can't be sure to enter.
03:52If they're looking at the precipitation, the sperms of the sea.
03:54And you're looking at to the ocean for the sea.
03:56The air is the ocean for the water, so i can't be so much ahead.
03:59And they don't know when they have a storm.
04:01They can't be so much ahead of the water.
04:03Our thoughts are with everyone, who's connected during this flood.
04:06during this flood and a big thank you to all the emergency services and volunteers
04:10that have helped people who were affected during this time.
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