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He said some residents had refused to leave their homes despite being encouraged to, but would be monitored for their safety.
Resident Greg Curtis, 68, was rescued by lifeboat from the street around 1pm, said he and his wife were first woken by neighbours banging his home at 4am on Sunday morning, and described the incident as a “nightmare”.
He said: “The water was about two feet up to my house.
“It just came really quick.
“I feel a bit miffed, but it is what it is.
“I’ve lived here for 46 years and we’ve never had anything like this here.
“When the water comes down I’ll go back and then we’ll get into the insurance part and fight to get whatever.”
Melanie Hughes, 38, was also evacuated by lifeboat with along with her husband and two daughters, said she was awoken by shouting and car alarms in the early hours, and said many of their family’s possessions had been lost.
She said: “Everyone’s safe, which is the main thing. We were lucky.
“But our cars, kitchen, furniture, it’s all gone.
“It’s going to be a couple of months of hard work, now.
“It was filthy, there was nothing to salvage.”
Katherine Murphy, another evacuated resident, said: “Our downstairs is just a total mess.
“It’s filthy everywhere, it smells, it’s horrible.
“I went downstairs about 5am because an alarm was going, and I saw there was water coming in downstairs. It was really quick.
“Outside the cars were underwater.”
