09/01/2016 BBC Wales Today
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the dream. More through the evening on the BBC | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
Lessons must be learned to ensure Wales can respond to flooding more | :00:13. | :00:16. | |
That's according to the leader of Gwynedd Council. | :00:17. | :00:19. | |
The warning comes as local authorities across the country | :00:20. | :00:21. | |
continue to recover from the wettest December on record. | :00:22. | :00:23. | |
More from our political reporter, Cemlyn Davies. | :00:24. | :00:34. | |
Christmas was a wash-out for communities across Wales, | :00:35. | :00:36. | |
as floodwater tore through towns and villages, bringing with it | :00:37. | :00:38. | |
disruption and dejection over the festive period. | :00:39. | :00:40. | |
The floodwaters have now receded and the true extent and cost | :00:41. | :00:43. | |
of the damage caused in villages and towns like Llanrwst | :00:44. | :00:45. | |
And at the same time, local residents say they are still waiting | :00:46. | :00:53. | |
There is a feeling here and across North Wales more | :00:54. | :00:59. | |
could have been done to prevent the scenes and with experts | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
predicting further greater flooding in the future, | :01:03. | :01:03. | |
there are now calls for lessons to be learnt. | :01:04. | :01:05. | |
Dyfed Edwards is the leader of Gwynedd Council, another area | :01:06. | :01:08. | |
which bore the brunt of the bad weather. | :01:09. | :01:15. | |
We must ensure that we take a step back and look, | :01:16. | :01:18. | |
OK, do we have the infrastructure, are our defence is correct, | :01:19. | :01:25. | |
do we have the support in place to be able to be proactive | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
and to also then be able to help people when those circumstances | :01:30. | :01:31. | |
But does the natural resources Minister agree with the suggestion | :01:32. | :01:50. | |
Wales was underprepared for the most recent floods? | :01:51. | :01:52. | |
The teams were working extremely hard from early Boxing Day, | :01:53. | :01:55. | |
making sure the resilience of the country was at its best. | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
The Welsh Government has promised to make ?3.3 million available | :02:00. | :02:01. | |
immediately to help carry out repairs and Carl Sargeant told BBC | :02:02. | :02:04. | |
Wales letters have now been sent to local authorities to let them | :02:05. | :02:07. | |
You can see much more on that story on The Sunday Politics, | :02:08. | :02:12. | |
The rest of theday's news now and two men have died | :02:13. | :02:22. | |
following a car crash near Abergavenny. | :02:23. | :02:23. | |
It happened just before 11pm last night. | :02:24. | :02:25. | |
One of the victims has been named locally as 19-year-old Jordan Bell. | :02:26. | :02:28. | |
Two other men have been arrested on suspicion of causing death | :02:29. | :02:31. | |
A woman from Anglesey who travelled to Australia to undergo | :02:32. | :02:38. | |
a life-saving operation to remove a brain tumour says patients | :02:39. | :02:40. | |
who need surgery that is deemed too risky by NHS consultants should be | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
able to decide for themselves whether to proceed or not. | :02:45. | :02:46. | |
21-year-old Beth Frazer was refused the procedure by doctors | :02:47. | :02:48. | |
here but was given pioneering treatment in Sydney after friends | :02:49. | :02:51. | |
I felt that if I was prepared to take those risks, | :02:52. | :02:59. | |
that maybe they should have given me a chance for me | :03:00. | :03:08. | |
to say yes, I will have the surgery, because then it would have been | :03:09. | :03:17. | |
Some sports news for you now and the Welsh Grand National went | :03:18. | :03:23. | |
ahead today, after being postponed last month | :03:24. | :03:24. | |
Mountainous, written by Jamie Moore, was first over the line at Chepstow | :03:25. | :03:28. | |
The 11-year-old, which is trained by Kerry Lee from Powys, | :03:29. | :03:33. | |
Newport County 's FA Cup third-round tie against Blackburn Rovers had be | :03:34. | :03:42. | |
postponed because of a waterlogged pitch. | :03:43. | :03:43. | |
Manager John Sheridan criticised ground staff after the game | :03:44. | :03:45. | |
The fixture could be rearranged for the week after next. | :03:46. | :03:49. | |
Meanwhile, in the National League, Wrexham have lost 3-1 to Woking | :03:50. | :03:58. | |
It is the fourth defeat in a row for the Dragons. | :03:59. | :04:06. | |
Ospreys and Wales scrum-half Rhys Webb will miss the start | :04:07. | :04:08. | |
His region say he will return from injury at the end of February. | :04:09. | :04:12. | |
He has not played since suffering a foot injury in a World Cup warm up | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
Wales begin their campaign away to Ireland on Sunday | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
And there are warnings of more bad weather to come. | :04:20. | :04:26. | |
We are not done with the wet weather just yet. | :04:27. | :04:32. | |
We do have more showers in the forecast for tonight | :04:33. | :04:35. | |
Continuing to pack in from the south-west. | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
There is a yellow be aware warning for the rain. | :04:41. | :04:43. | |
The potential for some surface water in Powys and South Wales. | :04:44. | :04:45. | |
Tomorrow, we will see more showers, not as frequent as today | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
but if you catch one, it could be heavy. | :04:50. | :04:51. | |
It will be blustery, especially along the coast. | :04:52. | :05:00. | |
Looking colder for the start of next week. | :05:01. | :05:02. | |
More chance of seeing the sunshine too. | :05:03. | :05:03. | |
From everyone on the weekend team, have a lovely evening. | :05:04. | :05:12. | |
Good evening, a day of contrasts. We started in the far north of | :05:13. | :05:20. | |
Scotland, bitterly cold with minus eight Celsius and a covering of | :05:21. | :05:21. |
