A family in Haydock, Merseyside, is facing homelessness after their home was flooded on New Year's Day due to heavy rainfall and a burst canal.
A family is facing homelessness after their home flooded on New Year’s Day. Karolina Szynszecka, 41, from Haydock received a heart breaking phone call on January 1 from her ex-partner alerting her their home on West End Road had been submerged by flood water. It comes as Merseyside was battered by heavy rain on New Year's Eve, with heavy downpours continuing into the early hours of the morning, resulting in flooding, road closures and travel disruption across the region.
Haydock in St Helens , saw particularly horrendous weather conditions as dozens of homes at the junction of Blackbrook Road and West End Road were submerged in '6ft of filthy water” after the Sankey Canal burst its banks, leaving many residents with “nothing.” Karolina told the ECHO how she and her son, Jacob Charlesworth, nine, had been celebrating the New Year in Manchester at her boyfriend's house when her phone rang around 10am on New Year’s Day with the devastating news. She said: “We weren’t at home when it happened so we couldn't save anything. “It wasn’t even heavy rain here, my neighbours told me it happened very quickly. Within five minutes the houses were flooded, they said. I was at a New Year’s Eve party with my son and boyfriend in Manchester, we had had a great night and it was all ruined. I couldn’t believe it.' Karolina said her son's dad was walking the dog past her house when he saw what had happened and rang her. She added: 'He rang me and said ‘I don’t want to worry you or ruin your day but you have nothing to come back to at the moment.’ I was thinking about what I left downstairs. What is it going to be like? “I thought it would just be a bit of water and we could clean and save it but there was nothing to save. We have lost everything that was downstairs, we’d just had a new floor done and we’ve lost all my Christmas presents, a PS5, gaming chair, iPhones and documents all need replacing. My son was so excited on Christmas day opening his new presents, he was heartbroke
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