Woman breaks down in tears on return to home devastated by Storm Babet flooding
A single mum breaks down sobbing as she returns to find her dream home devastated by flood water during Storm Babet.
On Saturday, up to 250 homes were evacuated in Catcliffe near Rotherham, according to the Environment Agency (EA). But today there is widespread outrage from locals as they arrive home to see everything destroyed. Many said they were “promised it would never happen again” after devastating floods back in 2007.
Marcela Farr, 40, was evacuated by fire and rescue at 4am on Saturday on an ‘inflatable platform’ after water breached the River Rother. At one stage - as she was rowed to safety - the water appeared to be 5 to 6ft deep.
Marcela Farr couldn’t stop crying as she returned to her flooded house in Rotherham (Andy Stenning/Daily Mirror)Today the water line can be clearly seen half way up the surrounding homes. “Where is everybody to help us?” Marcela broke down in tears after returning to the home she'd just decorated for Halloween for her daughter Maya, seven. “Nobody is helping us, we’ve just been left on our own. I’m left without anything, just the clothes we were wearing. “
The mum says her family has been left with 'just the clothes we were wearing' (Andy Stenning/Daily Mirror)Surveying the damage, her sofa was upturned, the radiator falling off the wall after four feet of flood water, including sewage ran through the ground floor of her home. “Now I am going to live in fear every time it rains, I am not going to be able to sell the house. It’s going to be a nightmare from now on. “Our insurance is going to sky high. We are all very disappointed that we didn't get any help.
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"They are supposed to be there helping us, they didn’t even offer us a drink or anything, other locals did. It’s outrageous, we are fuming that we have been left on our own with children and nowhere to go.” Her neighbour shook his head in despair as he tried to wash away the sewage and said he had no insurance to cover the damage. Marcelina's friend, Wioleta Michalska, has now started a GoFundMe page to help the family pay for essentials they currently need, such as food, clothes and toiletries.
Marcela said Catcliffe residents 'have been left on our own with children and nowhere to go' (Andy Stenning/Daily Mirror)It comes as a fresh weather warning for rain was issued covering a vast swathe of England already hit by flooding as a result of Storm Babet. The Met Office issued the yellow warning for “heavy rain” which could lead to further flooding in the East Midlands, including Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, as well as much of Yorkshire, including Sheffield, Leeds and York, and Humberside.
Storm Babet left at least four people dead and hundreds more homeless, with about 1,250 properties in England flooded, the Environment Agency (EA) said. An estimated 30,000 properties have needed protection against rising water levels, the EA said. Anna Calder, spokeswoman for the EA, said significant river flooding impacts will continue for parts of the Midlands until Friday, with minor impacts continuing in parts of the Midlands and the north-east of England until Wednesday. Significant river flooding is also possible but not expected in parts of England on Tuesday and Wednesday, with minor impacts possible more widely, due to further heavy rainfall falling on sensitive catchments.
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