By Sara Dafydd

Copyright bbc

Along Mansel Terrace in Cwmbwrla, many homes and businesses have been devastated by floodwater and are unable to trade because of lack of power.

According to Malcolm Perrin, owner of QV Vehicle Hire, some businesses may never recover from the financial loss.

“Next door my son’s garage, it’s devastated. The place is full of oil, he has lost his equipment, all his tools are soaking, saturated,” he said.

“They are small businesses, they rely on everyday business coming in and money coming in every day.

“They have still got to pay their wages, they have still got to pay their bills but they have got nothing coming in. Nobody has come around to give them any assistance.”

He said for now there was nothing they could do but start tidying up.

“We have got no electrics so we can’t get out get the pressure wash to start cleaning. We cannot take telephone calls because there’s no electric we haven’t got WiFi.”