A woman was shocked to discover her home flooded after hearing strange noises early on New Year's Day. Catherine Fearnley's home in Ormskirk, England, was one of many affected by severe flooding caused by heavy rainfall.
A woman has expressed her disbelief at the scene she encountered when she descended the stairs of her home after hearing strange noises. Catherine Fearnley, who moved into her rented property on Halsall Lane in Ormskirk just five months ago, woke up around 5am last Wednesday (January 1) to noises downstairs. She said: 'I thought someone was in the house. 'I went downstairs to see what was going on and as I got down the stairs I stepped in ice cold water. I freaked out and ran upstairs.
' Catherine, 48, is among the numerous victims affected by flooding after homes in the Halsall Lane area were destroyed when heavy rainfall hit the region on New Year's Eve, causing the Sandy Brook and Hurlston Brook to overflow. She added: 'I could hear commotion outside, I thought it was New Year's parties coming home, was all this water building up and people outside were stuck. I was terrified and in shock. 'I still feel shocked now and scared, I'm in disbelief. I couldn't register what was going on, it's something you see on the news in other places not here, I just ran back upstairs I didn't know what to do.' Catherine says the flood water was coming from underneath her home and at least 20 houses in the area had flooded. She recalled people being rescued in boats as five inches of floodwater consumed the downstairs area of her home, the ECHO reports. She said: 'I've lost all the things downstairs, furniture, TV, washing machine, everything has been wiped out downstairs, including some things that can't be replaced. I had two boxes of sentimental things, letters and personal items that can't be replaced. 'I lost my dad and my boyfriend and I had memory boxes from both of them and sentimental items that have been destroyed. We’re trying to dry the letters and photographs out to see what can be saved, it’s devastatin
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