New landslide at Ystalyfera hotspot
Another landslide has happened at a Swansea Valley hotspot, where residents have already been forced from their homes.
Engineers from Neath Port Talbot council spotted the latest landslip during inspections in the Pantteg area of Ystalyfera. A further 10 tonnes of earth has moved down a steep embankment opposite Pantteg Chapel. Residents in 10 homes on Cyfyng Road were evacuated in August. Geological surveys had already warned that there was a very high risk of more landslides in the area, with an "immediate risk to life" on Cyfyng Road. Engineers said the new slip is at the site of a previous landslide in 2012. "The debris from this recent slip will now be removed when the planned enhancement works to a retaining bund positioned opposite the chapel are carried out," said a council official. Work is due to begin on that project in March.