Photos show devastation caused by Storm Callum

THE pictures here show the devastation faced by a garage left underwater by Storm Callum.

Ken Williams Motors is situated just a few feet from the River Towy in the Pensarn area of Carmarthen.

The garage, which provides breakdown cover and repairs, directly faces a defensive wall designed to safeguard businesses from high water.

However, due to the sheer scale of rainfall last Friday night and Saturday, the wall was breached and the firm was one of the companies that suffered some of the most extreme damage.

“It’s the worst I’ve ever seen it,” said Lee Evans, manager.

“The wall which separates the garage from the river cracked and water came flooding through it.

“It all happened so quickly. We knew we were going to have some rain but we didn’t’ expect this to happen – we didn’t expect the wall to crack.”

Lee and his team are now counting the cost of the damage caused by the worst floods to hit the area since 1987.

Assessors have been down to the site to try to ascertain the sheer scale of what happened.

“We had about 10 or 12 vehicles outside and we’ve managed to save some of them, but three vehicles are totally ruined,” revealed Lee.

“The clean-up has now started and we don’t yet know the true cost of what happened, but it will be in the thousands.

“We’ve been running the business on one phone because of the damage done to our base in Pensarn, and someone very kindly offered us a place in the Johnstown area of the town.

“I’ve lived in Carmarthen for years and this is the worst I’ve ever seen it. It’s been bad before – the water has been up to the wall – but never like this.”