Parents forced to shield their children from rainfall due to lingering memories of shocking disaster: 'How can you physically keep living like that?'

Parents forced to shield their children from rainfall due to lingering memories of shocking disaster: 'How can you physically keep living like that?'

Children in flood-hit Welsh communities are so traumatized by repeated flooding that parents must close curtains and turn up TVs when it rains to prevent panic attacks, reported the BBC. What's happening? Storm Bert devastated communities in Rhondda Cynon Taf last November, flooding 438 properties and causing £8 million (around $10.7 million) in infrastructure damage. This follows similar devastating floods in 2020, creating a cycle of trauma fo…