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Climate change: Why weather changes worry Wales’ ‘wettest town’
Appropriately enough, it's drizzling on the day we visit the town billed as Wales' wettest.
A grey sky blends in with the towering slate mounds which surround Blaenau Ffestiniog, whose quarries once “roofed the world” and helped it earn Unesco World Heritage status.
- Steffan Messenger
- BBC
Situated among mountains in the heart of Snowdonia, the area’s reputation as one of the wettest places in the UK is also considered a badge of honour. Residents even hosted a Festival of Rain for a few years.
They are now being asked to work together to decide on ways of adapting to the challenges posed by climate change.
In the largest project of its…