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Pentre has been struck by flooding following rain on Wednesday
A number of households have been forced to flee their homes after being flooded for the third time this year.
Rhondda Cynon Taf council said there had been significant flooding to almost 200 properties in the borough after storms swept across Wales on Wednesday.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it spent five hours pumping water out of homes in Pentre.
The village flooded twice during February’s Storm Dennis with the cost of the damage estimated at up to £5m.
The fire service said it took 51 calls for help from 18:15 BST on Wednesday.
Nigel Williams, from South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, was in charge of the operation in Pentre on Thursday night and said the village had been hit “quite badly”.
“Our hearts and minds go out to people affected by flooding not only this occasion but previously as well,” he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast.
Council leader Andrew Morgan said the council had deployed additional resources to support highways crews and help the emergency services dealing with the flash flooding.
He added: “This has unfortunately impacted upon communities which have already experienced the devastation of flooding earlier this year.”
The clean-up was starting in Pentre on Thursday morning
One property in Rees Place suffered partial collapse and structural engineers attended.
One Queen Street resident told BBC Wales he was angry at watching his home being flooded again: “I would like to see some of these councillors to live in these houses and go through what we’ve done.
This Pentre resident says he has not been able to return to his home since flooding earlier this year – and now it has happened again
“I haven’t been in this house since February. I’ve had to go around the corner and live with my daughter.”
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said it was also called out to neighbouring village Maerdy.
On Thursday morning Plaid Cymru AM for the Rhondda Leanne Wood tweeted: “If you need sandbags, local builders supplies Bailey’s are dropping off sand at a number of points in #Pentre and #Treorchy before 8am this morning.”
On Wednesday, a Met Office yellow warning for thunder was in place for 20 of Wales’ 22 counties.
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Two weather warnings are in place for Thursday
Another thunderstorm alert is in place for Thursday for all south Wales counties, pushing west into Carmarthenshire and north of Brecon in Powys, between midday and 21:00 BST.
There is also a yellow warning for rain in place from 03:00 BST until 12:00 BST on Thursday for all counties except Pembrokeshire, Vale of Glamorgan and Cardiff.
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It is the third time some homes in Pentre have been flooded this year
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