The environment secretary has said supports are being put in place for those affected by Storm Bert. Steve Reed said a Floods Resilience Task Force has been set up to make sure the agencies on the ground in affected areas are able to offer as much support as possible. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Yeah, well I've been kept updated throughout the weekend on the situation that's going
00:04on and I've just come out of an emergency meeting with the Environment Agency. First
00:09thing to say is I want to offer my sympathies to everybody who's been affected by these
00:14floods and how devastating it is if your home or your business in particular get affected
00:19in this way. But I'd also like to offer my thanks to the emergency services on the ground
00:24who have been out there straight away this weekend making sure people are kept safe.
00:29Well the Government has set up a Floods Resilience Taskforce and that is to make sure that the
00:35agencies on the ground in areas that are affected by flooding, as we've seen this weekend, are
00:42able to offer whatever support they can to those people. It's important that that is
00:46done. The Prime Minister has spoken to the First Minister of Wales and has offered additional
00:51support if they need it in Wales. So far they haven't said that they need that but we stand
00:55ready to offer whatever further support we can to those parts of Wales that have been
01:00the very hardest hit by the floods.