Around 50 homes hit by flash flooding in Southwell, Nottinghamshire, following heavy downpours
In Southwell, Nottinghamshire, more than 50 homes were affected as a sudden downpour caused flash floods.
Cars were left damaged and the road was left covered in thick mud after vehicles had been tossed around in the dirty water.
Mother-of-four Julie Wells, 40, described the gushing wall of water as ‘like a tsunami’ after the storm engulfed the village.
Floodwater reached the village around 5pm on Tuesday night with waters rising above the roofs of local cars within an hour.
‘There was no sign of any emergency services, no police no fire, nothing. They shut a road nearby and tried to route people down our road, but it was impassable,’ she said.
‘It took just an hour to go from a couple of inches of water to about six foot, it was just terrifying. I couldn’t believe the water was rising so fast, you just start to think that it is never going to stop.
‘Honestly, it was like a tsunami, the water just came and came and came and it came so fast. We were fortunate that we managed to get a load of towels and duvets at the doors and windows to stop anything from coming in.
‘We had about an inch come in at first but managed to soak it up. We were lucky, the house across the road is trashed. My daughter’s car is written off, completely, it’s full of mud and ruined.
‘There was furniture and cars floating down the road, it just looked like a river. The road is a quagmire, there must be six inches of mud all over it, the highways agency are out today to clean that off but nothing more.’
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