Musk has also accused the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), the fourth-largest party in South Africa, of "actively promoting" a genocide through a song it sings at its rallies.
"Yet, it took an hour and 11 minutes before a flood warning was issued to the people of Pontypridd."By then… the water was already a foot deep in the streets and the river was flooding."
He said the current system and trigger mechanisms "are not fit for purpose"."If the systems worked correctly, and these people did not get a warning until there's water in their houses, there is something wrong," he added."If we would have known, with an hour's notice, that there was a likelihood of flooding, we would have done our best to at least get sandbags there."
He previously said he was "amazed" that only a yellow weather warning was put in place by the Met Office.The Met Office said it would conduct a full assessment but that the storm was "well forecast" in advance with a number of warnings issued.
A major clean-up operation has been underway in the town since the storm.
Pontypridd's grade II-listed lido in Ynysangharad War Memorial Park has been shut due to the damage, and will not open until the end of next week at the earliest."We are just trying to navigate that as a family to see how we can support her."
Tilly, who was diagnosed in October 2023, is currently the only child in Hull with the condition and is being treated at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.Pam and Stuart discovered they were both carriers of the gene that causes the life-limiting, progressive fatal disease which affects just one in 70,000 live births.
"We were both devastated," she said. "Then the shock happens. What does this mean for our family?"Pam said their daughter "doesn't communicate" like other children her age.