A couple hit by flooding twice in the past 12 months say they fear a repeat of Storm Bert.
Caroline and Chris Walker have only just recovered from the flooding in October 2023house in Dauntsey, Wiltshire, flooded in October 2023, with the water causing damage again on Sunday during Storm Bert.
"It's very demoralising," Mr Walker said. "We spent three months living upstairs while the place dried out the first time and it was another three or four months until the house was put right. She said: "Your life stops - I've not had a life now for over 12 months. I've not even been able to live here for the first eight to 10 months.Some residents in the village say a lack of maintenance on riverways, and the nearby M4, are to blame for the flooding.Alana Walch is the head teacher of Brinkworth Earl Danby’s C of E Primary School in Dauntsey.
"Last year I was panicking every time it rained after the flood, so I think this year I will be again," she said.A spokesperson from the National Highways said: “We are aware of issues with flooding in the Dauntsey area and are considering all options to remedy the situation, including a scheme to make capacity improvements to the Church Lane overbridge culvert south of the M4.
Town councillor Nick Holder told BBC Radio Wiltshire temporary flood barriers were removed by the Environment Agency with "no alternative solution" in October 2022. "Saying that, businesses and residents have become more resilient, it's probably because they've become more accustomed to it."I want to reiterate, we continue to work with them . We continue to press them."Mayor of Bradford-on-Avon Jack Vittles said the flooding had reached "record levels".
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