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Homes and businesses flooded in North Yorkshire town | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
Residents in a North Yorkshire town are cleaning up after their homes were flooded in heavy rainfall. | |
The Environment Agency said a "handful of properties" in the town of Malton had been flooded. | |
One resident said she had never seen the village as severely affected. | |
Susie Taylor said: "We bought a house just three months before the first of the really bad floods 12 to 13 years ago, so I've seen pictures of it like this before, but this is really bad." | |
'Time and money' | |
Another resident, Ashley Cooke, said his home had been flooded and that his newly-opened carpet shop in the town was under threat. | |
He said: "There has been a lot of hours, time and money being put into the business with people putting all their effort into trying to rush it before Christmas, and obviously all the floods could just wash it all away." | |
A number of roads in the town and surrounding area have been closed. | |
The Environment Agency said it was continuing a pumping operation in the area in conjunction with the local council and fire service, and that surface water remained a problem. | |
The agency said it was continuing to monitor the situation as more rain was predicted later over the North York Moors, and the River Derwent was expected to peak on Thursday morning. | |
More than 30 flood warnings are still in place across North Yorkshire. | |
Low incomes | |
Elsewhere, York City Council said that it was supporting a series of measures to help residents whose homes had been affected by flooding. | |
The council said that people on low incomes who were not fully insured could apply for help from the York Disaster Fund charity. | The council said that people on low incomes who were not fully insured could apply for help from the York Disaster Fund charity. |
Other help includes benefit advice and temporary relief from council tax for people whose homes are uninhabitable and for businesses forced to close. | Other help includes benefit advice and temporary relief from council tax for people whose homes are uninhabitable and for businesses forced to close. |
An animal refuge in Selby has appealed for food and pet supplies after being inundated with wild animals displaced by flood water. | |
Selby Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation said it had received a number of hedgehogs and birds, including a tawny owl. |