Storm Babet: Flood wrecks woman's home after £40,000 refurbishment

By Dan Martin & PA MediaA woman's home was devastated by flooding during Storm Babet just months after she moved in following a £40,000 renovation.

"I thought, because I've got a balance problem, and if something knocked me over and then something hits me on the head, I'm going to drown."Ms Hallam has been forced to move in with her sister after the severe damage "I'm devastated. There's just no words, there's nothing. I'm absolutely heartbroken," Ms Hallam said.

Her daughter, Emily Hallam, 29, has launched an online appeal hoping to raise £1,000 to help her mother to rebuild her life.Vicky, who lives in Greenwood Vale in the town, said: "Where most of the water came from, which was up Greenwood Vale, it's never as much as been a puddle up there before, but it was coming down there like a river."She has demanded answers from the local authority, Ashfield District Council.

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