Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/3 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation Clydach Terrace on the banks of the Nant Clydach in Ynysybwl. In addition to buying the homes, the council will help to rehouse the residents. Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Clydach Terrace on the banks of the Nant Clydach in Ynysybwl. In addition to buying the homes, the council will help to rehouse the residents. Photograph: Adrian Sherratt/The Guardian South Wales council to buy and demolish homes prone to floodingResidents of 16 houses on Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl express relief after repeated floods caused by climate crisis A row of homes in a village in south Wales is to be bought by a local authority and demolished as they can no longer be protected from flooding caused by the climate crisis.It will cost Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough council more than £2.5m to buy the 16 riverside properties, pay for legal costs and help to rehouse dozens of residents.The Labour-led council believes it is the first time a local authority in the UK has bought such a large number of inland homes to protect householders from flooding caused by the climate emergency.Residents of Clydach Terrace in Ynysybwl expressed relief and delight, explaining that children were too frightened to go to bed…
Published: February 2, 2026 5:46 pm
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