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'Absolute Nightmare': Man Wades Through Flooded Home After Storm Henk

A man in the English town of Loughborough has described his "absolute nightmare" after his family home was flooded when a nearby canal burst its banks during Storm Henk. Jacob Davidge recorded the ruined downstairs of the house on January 3, as he waded through the deep floodwater in the living room and kitchen. "We tried our best to fight it, with buckets and mops, but were completely overwhelmed," Davidge https://www.gofundme.com/f/smv9j-family-home-flooded said . "The water inside the house is now knee height in the front and rear garden," he added. Davidge https://twitter.com/jacobdavidge_9/status/1742622681801892103 said he and his family were currently converting two semi-detached houses into one combined living space, and were uninsured as a result. Davidge has set up a https://www.gofundme.com/f/smv9j-family-home-flooded GoFundMe page to raise money to help the family "get back on our feet." Residents of Loughborough, in Leicestershire, https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/loughborough-devastated-flooding-never-seen-9011086 reported that emergency services woke them in the early morning, closing the roads near the town's canals. At least 31 https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/alerts-and-warnings?q=Leicestershire&fbclid=IwAR1MVbsxjrZe_rycUUUMWN87m7hjBSgrAOyyjLta0PF__gxu0g0Cy_UsvFM flood warnings were still in place for Leicestershire alone on Thursday, January 4. (Footage by Jacob Davidge/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
A man in the English town of Loughborough has described his "absolute nightmare" after his family home was flooded when a nearby canal burst its banks during Storm Henk. Jacob Davidge recorded the ruined downstairs of the house on January 3, as he waded through the deep floodwater in the living room and kitchen. "We tried our best to fight it, with buckets and mops, but were completely overwhelmed," Davidge https://www.gofundme.com/f/smv9j-family-home-flooded said . "The water inside the house is now knee height in the front and rear garden," he added. Davidge https://twitter.com/jacobdavidge_9/status/1742622681801892103 said he and his family were currently converting two semi-detached houses into one combined living space, and were uninsured as a result. Davidge has set up a https://www.gofundme.com/f/smv9j-family-home-flooded GoFundMe page to raise money to help the family "get back on our feet." Residents of Loughborough, in Leicestershire, https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/loughborough-devastated-flooding-never-seen-9011086 reported that emergency services woke them in the early morning, closing the roads near the town's canals. At least 31 https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/alerts-and-warnings?q=Leicestershire&fbclid=IwAR1MVbsxjrZe_rycUUUMWN87m7hjBSgrAOyyjLta0PF__gxu0g0Cy_UsvFM flood warnings were still in place for Leicestershire alone on Thursday, January 4. (Footage by Jacob Davidge/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
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