'We are all so proud of our homes and for it just to be ripped apart in minutes is soul destroying.”
Residents in areas affected by heavy flooding in Strabane at the weekend have issued a plea for help as their homes have been severely damaged.
“I was in Derry for the day and I got a couple of calls from my neighbours to say the street was beginning to flood. By the time I came home, my house was destroyed,” Emma told MyTyrone. “Who’s here to help me? All those people who said they were going to help, they’re not here with me now. I’m in disbelief that I’m here again.
The Department for Communities has said that it would be providing emergency grants of up to £1,000 for those whose homes have been affected by the flooding. Last autumn, then Infrastructure minister Nichola Mallon had said her Department would commit £500,000 to providing short-term and long-term solutions to the flooding problems in the area.
“These areas are repeatedly flooding. We were catering not only for those areas but other areas around Strabane as well, it was just a horrendous situation.“The biggest help to us on Saturday night was the work of local residents in getting sandbags out to friends, neighbours and relatives. The town turned out in big numbers and that went on into Sunday.
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