Storm Dennis: 'At least £500m to prevent more flooding in Wales'
Work to ensure Wales avoids significant flooding in the future could "easily" cost more than £500m and is needed in the next decade, it has been claimed.
That is the assessment of the leader of Rhondda Cynon Taf council six months on from floods that devastated the area and left it with an £80m clean-up bill.
A worker in Pontypridd said things had gone "from bad to worse" with Covid-19.
The Welsh Government said it had spent millions on flood repair and defence schemes and had increased its support.
In February, flooding associated with Storm Dennis overwhelmed defences across Wales, some flood warning systems failed, homes and businesses were inundated and areas that had not seen flooding for many decades were left underwater.
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