Newport cleans up after 'awful' flash flooding
"Next door alerted me because I was in bed, because I'm a night carer."She, along with other residents, said there was sewage in the water outside.The BBC has contacted Telford and Wrekin Council and Severn Trent for comment.
"I've been washing all morning," she said."It's happened before, but not to this degree, this is the worst."Another resident, Ken Allen, said he saw cars floating down his street."The thunder and lightning started, and then it was just horrendous downfalls – and then the next thing we saw was the water just rising outside, all the gutters were running over on the houses.""We were lucky, we knew that, but we knew those down there [the road] weren't."It's a horrible thing to see the day after, when you see the mess that it's left."
Newport Library said it would remain shut on Wednesday, but hoped to re-open on Thursday after the building dried out."There was significant flooding coming though the roof panels," said town clerk, Joanne Reay."We turned the electrics off, and came to assess damage this morning."She added that the building had been assessed and the electrics were not affected."We think we've lost about five books, so that was a massive relief."
'Only call 999 if your life is in danger'
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said it received more than 20 calls in a short period of time from residents in the area.It urged residents to only call 999 if their lives were in danger, and said it prioritised rescue operations over property protection."We have no statutory duty in England to attend floods - unlike other parts of the UK... our crews focus on people trapped or in danger... entering floodwaters poses serious risks to responders," it said on its Facebook page.It said residents should isolate electrics and move pets and valuables upstairs.
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