A sudden deluge on Sunday afternoon turned Swansea's streets into river, with the iconic Cwmbwrla roundabout submerged beneath flood waters. Residents looked on in disbelief as cars bobbed like bath toys and locals took to paddleboats to navigate roads-turned-to-waterways. What seemed like a viral TikTok stunt was, in fact, another stark reminder of Britain's climate blind spot.
Swansea, like much of coastal Wales, is no stranger to wet weather. Yet the intensity and suddenness of this deluge were anything but ordinary.
