Doncaster flood alert: Residents' homes remain dry as time of peak level passes, but concerns remain
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Experts were predicting the flow would peak at 10am, and so far, areas vulnerable to recent flooding have remained clear. There is a high tide this evening.
Craig Wingford, of Yarborough Terrace, Bentley, flooded in 2019 and 2007, said it had been an anxious night. He looked at the river level last night and water was touching the first bank. But this morning it had been close to the top.
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Hide Ad"This morning it was pretty much at the top of the second bank,” he said.
"We’re still worried. We were up until 1am moving things upstairs.”
Wendy Tomlinson, of Ings Road, was relieved. She said: “We were told 10am was the danger point. I had more sandbags picked up yesterday in preparation in case of the worst.”
Stuart Badham, a resident and warden at Willow Bridge caravan park, just outside Bentley and near the river, was relieved to see 10am pass with, by his estimate, the water still 2m from the top.
But he added: “A lot of people have been very worried.”
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Hide AdIn Fishlake, residents said Thorne Bridge and Kirk Bramwith Bridge had both been closed, and there had been talk of closing Stainforth Bridge.
Pam Webb, flooded in November 2019, said there were still concerns about what the weather would do in the next two weeks after the current levels had been raised so high by Storm Christoph.
She said: “The water has held although it has come over onto farmland areas near Kirk Bramwith, but that’s what it’s designed to do.
"There has been masses of anxiety through the night. People have been up and going down to look at the river levels.
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Hide Ad"There will be a collective sigh of relief this morning. But we can’t keep everyone living on this knife edge.
“It’s not just Fishlake, its other places too.
"I’ve spoken to Dan Jarvis. Sheffield City Region has put money aside with the suggestion of matched funding from the Government for flood defence.
"It’s time to spend that money.”
She said the council had been much better prepared than in the past, with sandbags, and offers to vulnerable people to evacuate them to hotel rooms.