The clean-up begins as flood warning subside
Insurers will begin cleaning up after the weekend’s flash flooding in the south west where 86-year-old Henry Collier was killed in his car near South Petherton, Somerset.
Torrential rain put much of the country on flood alert over the weekend and the south west was worst hit with floods across Devon, Wiltshire and into Sussex. Cheshire and Wales were also affected.
This morning the Environment Agency had no severe flood warnings in place and just 19 warnings and 95 flood watches. It had given the all-clear to 129 previous warnings.
The Sunday Times again reported incidences of insurers refusing cover to previous flash-flood victims.
