BBC Wales senior meteorologist Derek said a month’s rain fell in 24 hours at Swansea’s Victoria Park on Friday, with 87.2mm (3.4in) recorded, of which 43.8mm (1.7) fell in an hour after 20:00.
He said it was the UK’s wettest place with a total of 107.8mm (4.2in) of rain on Thursday and Friday. Elsewhere in Swansea, motorists were led to safety from flooded cars in West Cross Lane just after 21:00.
And firefighters rescued four people and a dog from a flooded garden in Swansea just after 23:00.
Natural Resources Wales said one flood warning for Ilston Brook, Gower, has since been lifted.
A video shown from ITV News Wales from Cllr Francesca O’Brien show the effects of the rain on the busy Oystermouth Road where cars were stranded in floodwaters at West Cross.
[Credit: Cllr Francesca O’Brien]
A local resident said the flooding in Mumbles Road was a “known issue”.
“Blackpill Post Office used to flood quite regularly/have sand bags outside. Short downpours fill Brockhole Stream and can’t flow out into an incoming tide.
“Spring tides at the moment make the conditions worse. It will have all gone by the morning; sadly by then the damage is done and people will need the support to recover.”
Heavy rainfall led to flooding in various parts of south Wales, resulting in road closures, flood alerts, and power outages affecting hundreds of residents.
In the Sandfields and Taibach areas of Port Talbot, residents reported water entering their homes on Friday evening.
The National Grid confirmed that hundreds of homes in Port Talbot were without power. In Aberavon, a local councillor assured residents that sandbags would be distributed, while Talbot Road in Port Talbot was also closed.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain covering south Wales.
The forecaster issued the warning, running from 9pm on Saturday to 6pm on Sunday, with areas of heavy and thundery rain forecast across the region.
“Whilst there remains some uncertainty with exact details, areas of heavy and at times thundery rain are expected to spread north, then west, across England and Wales from this evening and overnight. These areas of heavy rain may become more persistent across western areas during Sunday daytime whilst slow-moving heavy showers and thunderstorms are likely to develop further east.
“Rainfall amounts will vary considerably across the warning area with some locations seeing less than 10 mm of rainfall whilst others see 40-60 mm of rain.
“There is a lower chance that a few spots within the warning area could see 80-100 mm of rain by the end of Sunday which may fall in a fairly small period of time.
“These higher totals are slightly more probable in the southern half of the warning area. Given this region has also seen a lot of rain since Thursday, impacts may be more likely than would normally be expected for the time of year here.”
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