08/04/2023

Updates as people are rescued from their homes after burst main shuts roads and school.

Local resident Helen Challis said she had been woken in the early hours to a “roar” from the burst water main in Tipton.
“I was woken up by my husband just before five o’clock to say that ‘it’s happened again – the road’s all flooded’.
“We opened the window and it was just like a roar – just the water running down the road.”
“[I’ve been] coming out to make sure everybody’s OK. Just checking around the local area.
“I popped around the school to see if we could do anything there.
“The power’s gone, the gas, the electricity, everything’s gone,” she added, “so we’re a bit stuck at the minute, we can’t really do anything.”