BBC Melissa McComb’s home in Dundonald was flooded after Storm Bert brought heavy rain Residents are counting the expenses after their homes were flooded following hours of heavy rain triggered by Storm Bert. About 18 residentialorcommercialproperties as well as a number of vehicles in Park Avenue, Dundonald were harmed by the flooding on Saturday. Residents haveactually been able to return to their homes to study the damage, however some have stated they are disappointed at the reaction of NI Water and the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) havingactually raised flooding issues in the location. NI Water and DfI haveactually been called for remark. Melissa McComb woke up on Saturday earlymorning to see that the bottom of her street hadactually started to flood. Mrs McComb and a neighbour called the DfI’s flooding occurrence helpline at about 07: 30 GMT. She was informed an authorities would be sentout out to the location. “By 9, no one had come and it was simply getting evenworse and evenworse,” she informed BBC News NI. “There is a manhole simply outside my home and the water began to come up the manhole, and at that phase we idea this isn’t going to be ok.” Some locals in Park Avenue saw 2feet (0.6m) of water in their homes After moving her automobile to a close-by church carsandtruck park, Mrs McComb left the location to purchase sandbags to secure her residentialorcommercialproperty. “By the time we came back, the water was at a height that you couldn’t get in or out of the home,” she included. While she hadactually abandoned before flooding started, Mrs McComb’s spouse was stuck inside the residentialorcommercialproperty upuntil 14:00 Mrs McComb stated that although somebody from the DfI showedup to the scene, she felt it was too late. “As far as we’re conscious they did not come upuntil after 9,” she included. Residents of Park Avenue haveactually raised issues about flooding in the location for about a year, however Mrs McComb stated she hasactually been left with no self-confidence in the problem being dealtwith. “I was upset and kind of fed up, [it] feels like you’ve been raising these concerns and absolutelynothing hasactually been done about it,” she described. “I understand there was a letter released to regional councillors to state work hadactually been brought out and I saw it yesterd
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