A man who was forced to escape his flooded home on a raft said he was 'never told' when buying the property that there is a chance it would flood.
Chris Lloyd, 55, had to leave his home in the Catcliffe area of Rotherham on Friday because of the flooding caused by Storm Babet. More than 250 homes were evacuated from the village, where around 2,000 people live, and many local residents have been forced to stay with family or in hotels. Pictures taken from the scene on Tuesday show workers from Rotherham Council helping residents clear out their properties - now the 6ft high water has gone.
What's the point in spending millions on flood defences when they can knock the lot down and put it in back to a floodplain?' Chris says he was told after the 2007 floods that his property was built on land that was known for flooding. He added he doesn't understand why property developers were allowed to build on there and said he thinks the flooding 'is always going to happen.
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