Storm Dennis
Posted on Monday 17th February 2020
Newport City Council received more than 100 requests for assistance on Saturday and Sunday as a result of Storm Dennis.
Preparations had been made for the forecast conditions and staff worked around the clock from Friday to Monday morning.
However, almost unprecedented levels of rain fell on ground that was already saturated and into rivers already swollen because of Storm Ciara.
Despite the significant call on resources, the council teams dealt with every call and reported incident at some stage during the weekend.
Most of the requests were for sandbags, but crews also dealt with highway flooding, road closures and fallen trees.
Councillor Roger Jeavons, cabinet member for city services, said: "Our teams worked tirelessly to deal with the many calls they received. Sandbags were delivered to more than 100 properties who had asked for help.
"I would like to thank all those who were out in such horrendous conditions to help residents and make sure our roads were safe - our staff and those in the emergency services - especially as it was the second weekend in a row that they had to deal with the impact of the storms."
Tredegar Park, which was flooded on Sunday, will remain closed until water levels subside and the council has cleared the area. Crindau Park is also closed.
Traffic lights on Cardiff Road at the junction with the Gaer failed on the weekend. Engineers attended but due to water ingress they could not be restarted.
Temporary signage and traffic management were put in place but working is taking place to repair the lights today.