Residents hit by flooding describe what it has been like in the aftermath of Storm Bert.
As rain battered the windows on Sunday night, it became clear to residents in Northamptonshire that widespread flooding would be happening again - just weeks after the county got a soaking in September., with many people forced to leave their homes, roads being closed and a railway station being submerged.
West Northamptonshire Council set up the rest centre for those without alternative accommodation, and has provided places to stay for another 50 residents."The water was up to my waist and I had to force the door open against the current to get out, and then I had to wade through it to a decking and then just wait to be rescued," he says.Mr Clipstone, who lives on his own, says he has now, thankfully, "got some pants" after he was unable to grab any clothes when he left.
The restaurant will be closed for at least a week, he says, with several bookings having to be cancelled.Weedon resident Robyn Harper has been getting sandbags in case of more heavy rain
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