Flash floods have wreaked havoc this week
While the majority of Lancashire has been baking in extreme heat this week, business in Kirkham have been left counting the devastating cost after being battered by storms on Monday .
When the couple moved into the shop years ago, they were told that "alleviation works" had been in place to prevent the flooding, until it happened in 2020. However, they were assured this was a "complete freak" occurrence, so the couple rebuilt their businesses from the ground up, taking them 12 weeks.
"There was nothing, it was fine. I rang my wife and explained, all good. I rang her at 8.13pm, making sure everything was sound. I actually took a video through the front door of the studio, of the main road grid. By 8.21pm, it was coming through the letterbox of the studio." "My insurance will now probably never insure me for water damage. I've already been told this year we're looking at about a £2,000 pound increase on my insurance premium. We're a small family business, myself and my wife. We're already absorbing energy costs the cost of products, you know the cost of living, now we're supposed to foot the bill and incur further harsh implications of something that's not my fault.
He added: "From the information that we were given this morning, that means there was space for that water to go, because if they poked the drains and it was just water, the water level wouldn't drop, it would have nowhere to go. There obviously was somewhere for it to go if those drains weren't blocked."
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