River Taff
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| Length | 64 km |
|---|---|
| Source | Brecon Beacons |
| Mouth | Cardiff Bay |
| ⁃ right | Afon Cynon |
| River Rhondda | |
| Bridges | Old Bridge |
| Cardiff Bridge | |
| Pont-y-Cafnau | |
| Cities | Cardiff |
| Merthyr Tydfil | |
| Pontypridd | |
| Treharris | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2179173 |
About River Taff
The River Taff is a river in Wales. It rises as two rivers in the Brecon Beacons; the Taf Fechan and the Taf Fawr before becoming one just north of Merthyr Tydfil. Its confluence with the River Severn estuary is in Cardiff. The river supports a number of migratory fish, including salmon, sewin, and eel.
Heavy rain causes floods and travel chaos across UK
... The River Taff burst its banks, flooding a number of parks and walking routes along the Taff trail, including Cardiff s Bute Park near the city centre...
Weather: Heavy rain causes flooding and power cuts
... Among the flood warnings in place from Natural Resources Wales, there are eight warnings for stretches of the River Severn in north Powys, four warnings for different stretches of the River Taff from Merthyr Tydfil to Pontcanna in Cardiff, and three warnings on the River Cynon...
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Brooke Morris: Body found in search for missing Merthyr woman
... Police officers carrying out searches of rivers and waterways near the town have located the body of a woman in a stretch of the River Taff...
Weather: Heavy rain causes flooding and power cuts
Heavy Rain and strong winds across Wales has caused power cuts and flooding to properties and roads.
The National Grid says 110 homes in Wales are without power.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service says five of its crews are dealing with flooding incidents, with Porth and Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf as the worst affected areas.
A yellow rain warning remains place until 17:00 GMT on Thursday across 16 of Wales' 22 counties.
The Fire service added that A Number of hillside and low-lying properties have been affected from run-off water and blocked culverts.
Natural Resources Wales has issued 26 Flood Warnings and 45 Flood Alerts as of 07:00 GMT on Thursday.
They said there is no widespread flooding from major rivers at present.
Dairy farmer Abi Reader from Wenvoe, in the Vale of Glamorgan, described overnight conditions on her farm.
" It's been a wild night, " she told.
" We've had electricity flickering on and off. The milking parlour had about a foot of water in it which we've had to pump out.
" There is flooding on The Roads , we've got about 3 inches of water rolling across The Roads . "
Meanwhile, The National Grid said power outages include 37 customers who have lost supply in the Llanelli area and 34 without power in Kenfig Hill, Bridgend.
Among The Flood warnings in place from Natural Resources Wales, there are eight warnings for stretches of the River Severn in north Powys, four warnings for different stretches of the River Taff from Merthyr Tydfil to Pontcanna in Cardiff, and three warnings on The River Cynon.
The M48 Severn Bridge is closed in both directions between Chepstow and Aust in Gloucestershire .
Source of news: bbc.com
