Residents left feeling ‘helpless’ as homes damaged by floods

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Another one has only been here about five months, so I don’t know what they are going to do either.” Mick Cook, a landlord who has owned a house on Sherwood Street since 2009 and also used to own another property on the same road when the area flooded in 2007, said he did not want to think about how much it was going to cost to repair the damage. “It’s devastating, your whole life is turned upside down in the space of a few hours.” Parts of the Lifehouse Church have been flooded but when people had nowhere else to go, they opened their doors and put the teas and coffees on Councillor Jonathan Davies Chesterfield Borough Councillor Jonathan Davies, who represents nearby Brampton East and Boythorpe ward, said his area was also badly affected by the floods – which were so strong, they forced a car up onto a wall in Hipper Street West. He said: “Friday morning it was raining heavily but I don’t think people had a sense of what was coming. He said: “There are flood defences in place and I think that’s one of the reasons why this hasn’t happened in 16 years.