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| Clean-up begins in Todmorden after flash floods | Clean-up begins in Todmorden after flash floods |
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| A major clean-up is under way after a flash flood burst through homes and severely damaged roads in a Pennine area of West Yorkshire. | |
| Walsden, in Todmorden, was hit by up to 18in (46cm) of water on Monday night. | Walsden, in Todmorden, was hit by up to 18in (46cm) of water on Monday night. |
| The flood caused "sheer devastation", according to residents, as it poured from a culvert and down a side street, ripping chunks out of the road surface. | The flood caused "sheer devastation", according to residents, as it poured from a culvert and down a side street, ripping chunks out of the road surface. |
| Water was still pouring down the street and through at least one house on Tuesday morning. | Water was still pouring down the street and through at least one house on Tuesday morning. |
| About 20 homes are thought to have been flooded. | About 20 homes are thought to have been flooded. |
| 'Sheer devastation' | 'Sheer devastation' |
| Walsden resident Roger Stansfield, who was cleaning up his property on Tuesday, said: "It started raining really heavily and within 15 minutes this road was completely flooded to the depth of my wellington boots. | Walsden resident Roger Stansfield, who was cleaning up his property on Tuesday, said: "It started raining really heavily and within 15 minutes this road was completely flooded to the depth of my wellington boots. |
| "There's nothing you can do." | "There's nothing you can do." |
| Flood warden Keith Crabtree said an "unprecedented" amount of rain had caused "sheer devastation". | Flood warden Keith Crabtree said an "unprecedented" amount of rain had caused "sheer devastation". |
| He said: "Every road in and out of Todmorden was flooded. | He said: "Every road in and out of Todmorden was flooded. |
| "There's still a lot of water coming off the hillside. | "There's still a lot of water coming off the hillside. |
| "It happened so quickly. The floods 12 months ago took three days to build up. | "It happened so quickly. The floods 12 months ago took three days to build up. |
| "This one, we just got three-quarters of an hour of cloudburst and there's just nothing you can do about that." | "This one, we just got three-quarters of an hour of cloudburst and there's just nothing you can do about that." |
| On Monday night West Yorkshire Police asked people to avoid areas in the town, saying that waves caused by driving through the water could damage houses. | On Monday night West Yorkshire Police asked people to avoid areas in the town, saying that waves caused by driving through the water could damage houses. |
| Railway lines were submerged and Walsden railway station remained closed as maintenance crews repaired the tracks. | Railway lines were submerged and Walsden railway station remained closed as maintenance crews repaired the tracks. |
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