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Floods are the dish of the week around here. Crazy rainfall most of Thursday and into Friday - then some more over the weekend. It's been calmer today but there may be more in a few days.
Some parts of Doncaster affected when the River Don burst its banks, Sheffield saw some flooding too and I think Rotherham.
A few places in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire were caught as well.
There has only been one death, I think, with a woman who was swept away when the River Derwent broke its banks.
Compared to some of the floods in other parts of the world it is relatively small scale, but it is still impactful, and some places are on high alert for further trouble. The somewhat ironically named village of Fishlake is currently a major concern.
needless to say it's been very busy at work this week :P
Aside from the uptick in claims and the fact that our drying and restoration / cleaning company is now almost completely taken up with flood claims - making it very hard to organise drying for a routine, but just as critical loft burst claim, a small group of handlers went over to Doncaster with the incident response van on Saturday and Monday which meant fewer of us in the office to deal with the increase.
At least our policyholders have insurance - some people don't, and I can't imagine how devastating something like this is for them. Even for those that do - even knowing their homes will get dried out and repaired - they are facing months of upheaval.
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