Real Cost Of Water Removal Determined Following Flood Clean Up
Bournemouth, UK felt the true cost of severe flooding and torrential downpour as thousands of
pounds of damage closed local businesses.
Dorset Police
received reports of severe flooding and damage to buildings and roads earlier
today.
Whilst local
residents were forced to stay indoors and Bournemouth Air Festival was put on
hold, business and home-owners tried their best to stop Mother Nature wreaking
havoc upon their belongings through water removal and other measures.
Independent
furniture shop Living 4 Less in Winton suffered when torrential downpour
flooded the High Street.
Co-owner, Frank
Roberts told BHbeat: “All of a sudden the water just gushed through our doors,
I was horrified. It came through the front doors and of course, it came through
the back doors and joined up like a huge river gushing through the store”
Having only
been open for eight months, Mr Roberts estimated the damage at a loss of £25,
000 worth of stock.
“I’ve got a
family to support and a mortgage to pay, but we have the insurance assessors in
tomorrow so we should be okay. We’ve had to close today and I think we’ll be
closed for a couple of weeks.”
Meanwhile, the
charity shop next door PDSA suffered similar flood damage. Assistant Manager,
Gina Powell, told BHbeat the flooding reached up to a third of the shop.
“We used
clothes and towels to just try and flood-proof as best we could. Then we
realised it was coming out the drains in the back car park aswell.
“It was scary
and horrible but I’m lucky I’ve got a good team of volunteers who will be helping
the clean-up tomorrow.”
Meanwhile,
Bournemouth Borough Council have announced that a borough-wide clean up
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