Friday, July 13, 2012

United Kingdom: Hull flooding case study: 'We were absolutely traumatised'

Guardian: We never dreamt of it happening to our home. It was devastation. We were out of our home for 10 months and your life just goes on hold until it is all sorted. It began when we were at the dentist in the early morning. When we came back the police had closed the road and there was three feet of water in the street. The water was coming out of the manholes in the street. We'd had no warning. The water was in the house for two to three days, even with the fire brigade using 10-inch pipes to pump...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/14/hull-flooding-case-study
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2012/7/13/1342178723397/Flooding-in-Croston-008.jpg

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