Police declare major incident following flooding in south Wales, as heavy rain and strong winds caused by StormDennis continue to lash UK
Jessica Falk Perlman, who is on holiday with her family in Crickhowell, Powys, to celebrate her mother's 60th birthday, told BBC Radio 5 Live that firefighters woke them at 04:00 GMT to tell them they were being evacuated because the River Usk had burst its banks.Jessica Falk Perlman shared a view from the upstairs of her Powys holiday home
"The door of our house burst open and water came flooding in right up to the top of the stairs which was quite nerve wracking at the time," she said.Image copyrightAmy Price, 20, said her family were trapped in the upstairs of their home in Llanover, Monmouthshire, because water on the ground floor had reached as high as the light switches."We started sweeping the water away and then at 6am the river started coming over the bank.
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