English: Diolch, Llywydd. Over the last two weeks, many communities throughout Wales have suffered devastating effects from storms Ciara and Dennis. I want to say again that my thoughts, and those of my Cabinet colleagues, are with all those who have been affected. These two storms are two of the most severe and widespread flooding incidents we have experienced in Wales for many years. At the peak of storm Dennis, there were 61 flood alerts, 89 flood warnings and two severe flood warnings in force. This is more than Natural Resources Wales has ever issued. The rivers Taff and Usk reached their highest levels in more than 40 years and, at its peak, 900 tonnes of water per second was flowing down the River Taff. As a result of these two storms, we have seen severe and widespread flooding in communities in north, mid and south Wales. There are confirmed accounts of more than 1,000 homes suffering internal flooding and more than 300 businesses being directly affected. The threat has not yet passed. Yesterday, a severe flood warning was issued in Bangor-on-Dee and we saw flash flooding in Dolgellau over the weekend following further heavy rain. We do not yet know the full extent of damage. Teams on the ground are continuing to verify the damage and likely cost of repairs as they start the clean-up. The Welsh Government wants to thank everyone involved in the response to the flooding, from the emergency response to the ongoing recovery. The emergency services, local authorities, Natural Resources Wales and volunteers have worked around the clock to address the immediate impact of the flooding. I have seen first-hand some of the devastation caused as I visited communities across Wales, in Llanrwst, Tylorstown, Pontypridd, Llanhilleth, Crickhowell and Mountain Ash. But many more communities have been affected. I have spoken with people who saw for themselves the incredible response from their local community as schools, halls and centres opened their doors to help those in need. There were incredible acts of kindness and generosity as people came together to help and there were powerful and humbling levels of resilience. One example, Llanhilleth Miners Institute in Blaenau Gwent, provided shelter, advice and three meals a day to all those who needed it. These floods have had a significant and financial impact on councils, businesses and individuals. Last week, the First Minister chaired an emergency summit, announcing a £10 million fund to help meet the costs of the initial response, including support for those affected by the flooding. However, this of course will not be enough to cover the full costs to repair the damage caused by storms Ciara and Dennis. The emergency flood relief scheme is now available. Households affected by flooding will be able to claim £500 each with a further payment of £500 available to those without flooding insurance. Support will also be available for businesses and high streets. Business Wales is ready to support affected businesses. Any business affected should contact their helpline, who can provide practical advice, including help with recovery plans. I've heard from many home owners who lost everything and who have previously been declined flood cover. Since 2016, Flood Re has been in place to enable home owners to access affordable insurance, but there is a lack of awareness about the scheme. I want to work with the insurance sector to ensure Flood Re is publicised more effectively. Emergency funding for repairs to flood infrastructure was immediately made available after storm Ciara, and extended to cover storm Dennis. Urgent works to assets, including defences and culverts, will be 100 per cent funded by the Welsh Government. This applies to both NRW and local authorities. The number of properties affected and the damage caused has been devastating. But we know this could have been a lot worse without the network of flood defences. Across Wales, more than 73,000 homes were protected from flooding by this network of flood defences. This is a reflection of the £350 million we've invested in flood risk management since 2016. Going forward, we will work with local authorities and NRW to identify whether more schemes will be needed to further reduce risk. I also want to increase financial and practical support to local authorities to accelerate the development of new flood projects. My officials are exploring ways to better support the development of new schemes and maintenance works, including providing 100 per cent funding for all preparatory work prior to construction. This would include all costs of modelling and design. We will also explore practical ways on how to progress more natural solutions, and wider catchment management to reduce both the amount and the rate of run-off, to reduce peak flows and help address the quick onset of flooding. These storms have once again raised the issue of the safety of coal tips for communities living in their shadow. Many of us will have seen images of the dramatic landslip at Tylorstown. There are more than 1,200 of these tips across the former mining areas of south Wales. They are a legacy of our industrial past. Many of these tips were abandoned more than a century ago, and we have been working since devolution to address the issue of tips, and some of the sites have undergone work to transform them. The First Minister met the Secretary of State for Wales yesterday to discuss the safety of these. As a priority, we are working closely with the UK Government and partners - including the Coal Authority, Natural Resources Wales and local authorities - to ensure we have a full picture about the current checks and monitoring systems in place. All the evidence suggests that we will see more storms as a result of climate change. Later this year, I will publish our new national strategy for flood and coastal erosion, which sets out how we will manage the risk over the coming decade. But flood risk management is more than just building higher and stronger defences. We cannot prevent all flooding. We need to be more resilient, we need to prevent flooding from happening and we need to be better at raising awareness about the risk of flooding so better decisions can be made. We are promoting wider catchment projects, adaptive measures to respond to climate change, better information provision to communities and the sharing of ideas to do things better. We will continue to support people to recover from these storms and the flooding they caused. I commend and sincerely appreciate the work of all those who continue to work on the recovery effort, supporting people, businesses and communities alike.
Welsh: Diolch, Llywydd. Dros y pythefnos diwethaf, mae llawer o gymunedau ledled Cymru wedi dioddef effeithiau dinistriol yn sgil stormydd Ciara a Dennis. Rwyf eisiau dweud eto bod fy meddyliau i, a rhai fy nghyd-Aelodau yn y Cabinet, gyda phawb yr effeithiwyd arnynt. Mae'r ddwy storm hyn yn ddau o'r achosion llifogydd mwyaf difrifol ac eang a welsom ni yng Nghymru ers blynyddoedd lawer. Ar anterth storm Dennis, cafwyd 61 hysbysiad o berygl llifogydd, 89 o rybuddion llifogydd a dau rybudd o lifogydd difrifol. Mae hyn yn fwy nag y mae Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru wedi'i gyhoeddi erioed. Cyrhaeddodd afonydd Taf ac Wysg eu lefelau uchaf mewn mwy na deugain mlynedd ac, ar ei anterth, roedd 900 o dunelli o ddŵr yr eiliad yn llifo i lawr Afon Taf. O ganlyniad i'r ddwy storm hyn, rydym ni wedi gweld llifogydd difrifol ac eang mewn cymunedau yn y gogledd, yn y canolbarth ac yn y de. Cadarnhawyd bod mwy na 1,000 o gartrefi wedi dioddef llifogydd mewnol ac effeithwyd ar fwy na 300 o fusnesau'n uniongyrchol. Nid yw'r bygythiad wedi mynd heibio eto. Ddoe, cyhoeddwyd rhybudd llifogydd difrifol ym Mangor-is-y-coed a gwelsom lifogydd yn datblygu'n gyflym yn Nolgellau dros y penwythnos yn dilyn mwy o law trwm. Nid ydym yn gwybod hyd a lled y difrod yn llawn eto. Mae timau ar lawr gwlad yn parhau i wirio difrod a chost debygol gwaith trwsio wrth iddyn nhw ddechrau glanhau. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru eisiau diolch i bawb a fu'n gysylltiedig â'r ymateb i'r llifogydd, o'r ymateb brys i'r gwaith adfer sy'n mynd rhagddo ar hyn o bryd. Mae'r gwasanaethau brys, awdurdodau lleol, Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru a gwirfoddolwyr wedi gweithio bob awr o'r dydd a'r nos i fynd i'r afael ag effaith uniongyrchol y llifogydd. Rwyf wedi gweld drosof fy hun rywfaint o'r dinistr a achoswyd wrth imi ymweld â chymunedau ledled Cymru, yn Llanrwst, Tylorstown, Pontypridd, Llanhiledd, Crucywel ac Aberpennar. Ond mae hyn wedi effeithio ar lawer mwy o gymunedau. Rwyf wedi siarad â phobl a welodd drostynt eu hunain yr ymateb anhygoel gan eu cymuned leol wrth i ysgolion, neuaddau a chanolfannau agor eu drysau i helpu'r rhai mewn angen. Roedd yna weithredoedd anhygoel o garedigrwydd a haelioni, wrth i bobl ddod at ei gilydd i helpu ac roedd y cydnerthedd yn rymus ac yn gwneud i rywun deimlo'n wylaidd iawn. Un enghraifft, Sefydliad Glowyr Llanhiledd ym Mlaenau Gwent, a ddarparodd loches, cyngor a thri phryd y dydd i bawb oedd angen hynny arnynt. Mae'r llifogydd hyn wedi cael effaith sylweddol ac ariannol ar gynghorau, busnesau ac unigolion. Yr wythnos diwethaf, cadeiriodd y Prif Weinidog uwchgynhadledd frys, gan gyhoeddi cronfa o £10 miliwn i helpu i dalu costau'r ymateb cychwynnol, gan gynnwys cymorth i'r rhai y mae'r llifogydd wedi effeithio arnynt. Fodd bynnag, ni fydd hyn wrth gwrs yn ddigon i dalu'r costau llawn i drwsio'r difrod a achoswyd gan stormydd Ciara a Dennis. Mae'r cynllun cymorth llifogydd brys bellach ar gael. Gall aelwydydd yr effeithiodd y llifogydd arnynt hawlio £500 yr un gyda thaliad pellach o £500 ar gael i'r rhai sydd heb yswiriant llifogydd. Bydd cymorth hefyd ar gael i fusnesau a strydoedd mawr. Mae Busnes Cymru yn barod i gefnogi busnesau yr effeithir arnynt. Dylai unrhyw fusnes yr effeithiwyd arno gysylltu â'r llinell gymorth, lle gellir cael cyngor ymarferol, gan gynnwys cymorth gyda chynlluniau adfer. Rwyf wedi clywed gan lawer o berchnogion cartrefi a gollodd bopeth ac y gwrthodwyd yswiriant llifogydd iddynt yn y gorffennol. Ers 2016, mae cynllun 'Flood Re' wedi bod ar waith i alluogi perchnogion cartrefi i gael yswiriant fforddiadwy, ond mae diffyg ymwybyddiaeth o'r cynllun. Rwyf eisiau gweithio gyda'r sector yswiriant i sicrhau y caiff 'Flood Re' gyhoeddusrwydd mwy effeithiol. Roedd arian brys i drwsio'r seilwaith llifogydd ar gael ar unwaith ar ôl storm Ciara, ac ymestynwyd hynny i gynnwys storm Dennis. Caiff gwaith brys i asedau, gan gynnwys amddiffynfeydd a cheuffosydd, ei ariannu 100 y cant gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Mae hyn yn berthnasol i Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru ac awdurdodau lleol. Mae nifer yr eiddo yr effeithiwyd arnynt a'r niwed a achoswyd wedi bod yn ddinistriol. Ond gwyddom y gallai hyn fod wedi bod yn llawer gwaeth heb y rhwydwaith o amddiffynfeydd rhag llifogydd. Ar draws Cymru, roedd mwy na 73,000 o gartrefi wedi'u diogelu rhag llifogydd gan y rhwydwaith hwn o amddiffynfeydd rhag llifogydd. Mae hyn yn adlewyrchiad o'r £350 miliwn yr ydym ni wedi ei fuddsoddi mewn rheoli perygl llifogydd ers 2016. Wrth symud ymlaen, byddwn yn gweithio gydag awdurdodau lleol a Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru i weld a fydd angen rhagor o gynlluniau i leihau risg ymhellach. Rwyf hefyd eisiau rhoi mwy o gymorth ariannol ac ymarferol i awdurdodau lleol i gyflymu'r gwaith o ddatblygu prosiectau llifogydd newydd. Mae fy swyddogion yn archwilio ffyrdd o roi gwell cefnogaeth i ddatblygu cynlluniau newydd a gwaith cynnal a chadw, gan gynnwys darparu cyllid o 100 y cant ar gyfer yr holl waith paratoadol cyn y gwaith adeiladu. Byddai hyn yn cynnwys holl gostau modelu a dylunio. Byddwn hefyd yn archwilio ffyrdd ymarferol o ddatblygu atebion mwy naturiol, a rheoli dalgylchoedd yn fwy eang i leihau swm a chyfradd dŵr ffo, i leihau llifoedd brig ac i helpu i fynd i'r afael â'r cynnydd sydyn mewn llifogydd. Mae'r stormydd hyn unwaith eto wedi codi'r mater o ddiogelwch tomenni glo ar gyfer cymunedau sy'n byw yn eu cysgod. Bydd llawer ohonom ni wedi gweld lluniau o'r tirlithriad syfrdanol yn Tylorstown. Mae mwy na 1,200 o'r tomenni hyn ar draws hen ardaloedd glofaol y de. Maent yn waddol o'n gorffennol diwydiannol. Gadawyd llawer o'r tomenni hyn dros ganrif yn ôl, ac rydym ni wedi bod yn gweithio ers datganoli i fynd i'r afael â'r tomenni hyn, a bu gwaith ar rai safleoedd i'w trawsnewid. Cyfarfu'r Prif Weinidog ag Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru ddoe i drafod diogelwch y rhain. Fel blaenoriaeth, rydym ni'n gweithio'n agos gyda Llywodraeth y DU a phartneriaid - gan gynnwys yr Awdurdod Glo, Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru ac awdurdodau lleol - i sicrhau bod gennym ddarlun llawn o'r systemau gwirio a monitro sydd ar waith ar hyn o bryd. Mae'r holl dystiolaeth yn awgrymu y byddwn yn gweld mwy o stormydd o ganlyniad i'r newid yn yr hinsawdd. Yn ddiweddarach eleni, byddaf yn cyhoeddi ein strategaeth genedlaethol newydd ar gyfer llifogydd ac erydu arfordirol, sy'n nodi sut y byddwn yn rheoli'r risg dros y degawd nesaf. Ond mae rheoli'r perygl o lifogydd yn fwy na dim ond adeiladu amddiffynfeydd uwch a chryfach. Ni allwn ni atal pob llifogydd. Mae angen i ni fod yn fwy cydnerth, mae angen i ni atal llifogydd ac mae angen i ni fod yn well wrth godi ymwybyddiaeth o berygl llifogydd fel y gellir gwneud penderfyniadau gwell. Rydym yn hyrwyddo prosiectau dalgylch ehangach, mesurau addasu i ymateb i newid yn yr hinsawdd, darparu gwybodaeth well i gymunedau a rhannu syniadau i wneud pethau'n well. Byddwn yn parhau i helpu pobl i ddechrau ar y gwaith adfer ar ôl y stormydd hyn a'r llifogydd a achoswyd ganddynt. Rwy'n cymeradwyo ac yn gwerthfawrogi'n ddiffuant g waith pawb sy'n parhau i weithio ar yr ymdrech i adfer y sefyllfa, gan gefnogi pobl, busnesau a chymunedau fel ei gilydd.