Mud covered floors, bust cars and soggy walls - some families in Wales still have a long way to go before they recover from the aftermath of Storm Dennis.
In the Rhondda and Pontypridd homes were hit particularly tough with council workers continuing to do all they can to make the streets clean again.
Mud, water and branches scatter the floor in Pentre as the clean-up tries to progress but the extent of the damage, coupled with the continued wet weather, is making it difficult.
On Tuesday, Lewis Street may look less like a river but it’s still full of all sorts of mess.
Vans are still being towed away and slurry is being shovelled from the street.
Ross Wood, 29, has lived on the street with his partner Callum Thomas, 25, for two years.
They’ve worked tirelessly to make the property a home over the past 24 months - everything downstairs was new.
The couple’s home now lies in ruin with muddy water covering the floor and water marks left along the walls.
Describing what happened, Ross said: “It was Sunday at 4am. We heard the calls. We heard car alarms. We saw the cars were under water so we came running and saw it all. About everything is gone.
“We have worked out it’s about £6,750 with just the contents - without the walls and more flooring.”
Even though downstairs is destroyed the second floor of the house remains in tact. It’s here they’ve been staying, though they have limited power, because they simply don’t want to leave the property.
They’ve been told it could take around nine months before everything gets back to normal.
Ross, who works as a nurse, said they’ve been really good with him and allowed him to time off but he’s desperate to get back.
“I don’t want to leave work struggling,” he added.
“We are short staffed at the hospital and it puts massive pressure on the nurses.
"A couple of people have had to stay at friends houses.
“It’s so good though to see the community together. They are all bringing fish and chips from the fish shop and sandwiches.”
The pair joked that they are living on Pot Noodles to get by as most of the kitchen equipment has been lost in the fire but the reality isn’t funny to see.
Sewage had poured into their downstairs bathroom and kitchen and a massive clean up operation is still ongoing.
Ross added: “We want to stay - it’s our home. We have stuff upstairs and we want someone here looking after things like that. We don’t want to go.”
In Pontypridd things aren’t much better.
Parts of Treforest were badly hit by Storm Dennis and Egypt Street and Niagara Street are still in the early stages of healing.
The area is quiet apart from the council workers cleaning the roads and a few residents that stop by to try and salvage any last items they can.
Ian Hughes, 37, works for Rocket Residential and came by to look at the property that he and his team look after.
A student was living there when tragedy struck on Sunday.
He said: “On Sunday morning I arrived to check on the house. The door was off its hinges - there was water in here. The door was floating in the water.
“Upstairs has been salvaged - it’s OK up there. Everything downstairs is completely gone.”
The walls show just how much water had poured into the property with a mark, probably about three quarters of the wall high, lining the wall where it had reached.
Ian only had to touch the wall for his finger to go through. They appear completely ruined.
Talking about the tenant, he said: “They were rescued by the fire brigade on Sunday morning.
“We offered him a temporary home but he’s gone back to Cardiff now.”
Discussing the cost of the amount of damage caused, he added: “You’re talking about damage of £20,000."
Ian, from Trehafod, said the area has not seen floods on this scale since the 1960s.
