Residents are trapped in their homes in a caravan park in Nottinghamshire, after the River Trent burst its banks on Thursday.
Sue Oosthuizen and her husband Hans are currently trapped in their caravan on Radcliffe Residential Park, with their cat and two pet chickens.
She said: “We’re completely cut off from all sides and it’s the worst flooding we have ever known here.
“The only way you can get in and out is with waders as the water is at least two metres deep in most places.
“Several of our neighbours needed to be evacuated, including one poorly elderly neighbour. The electricity has gone in some homes too, we’re lucky ours hasn’t.
“We just hope the levels will start to subside now. Although we’re stranded, we’ve had lots of help and support from the community.”
Another resident, Phil Walker, added: “I’ve never known anything like it, the whole site has become an island. People were marooned and couldn’t get out.
“It just got higher and higher, it was quite frightening and like something from a disaster-movie.”
A major incident was declared by Nottingham County Council yesterday because of flooding from the River Trent and residents were urged to evacuate from at-risk areas.
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