RESIDENTS in Sully who were left helpless two days before Christmas when torrents of floodwater swept through their homes say they are living with anxiety every day. On the afternoon of December 23 couple Shirley and Stewart Murdoch were happily preparing for Christmas on what seemed an unremarkable day at their home on Winsford Road in the village. There had been some rainfall, “but nothing to worry about”, Mrs Murdoch said. A couple of hours later their home had been gutted by four feet of water, and they urgently tried to save what they could. They ran around to neighbours Sara and Ian King, whose home had also been wrecked.
RESIDENTS of flooded homes in Dinas Powys are calling for answers after they say they were left stranded for hours after their homes were flooded before Christmas. More than one hundred homes were flooded in the village, with Cardiff Road at Eastbrook in Dinas engulfed by water on December 23, as well as Sunncroft Lane, Millbrook Road, St Lythans Close, Murch Road and Greenfield Avenue. Residents of 29 homes which were particularly wrecked by floodwater throughout the evening have now written to the Vale council and Natural Resources Wales in a bid to find answers. In the letter they say they felt “let down by various authorities”.