Doncaster mum faces second flood in five years

A girl from Doncaster has spoken of her “heartbreak” after her home flooded for the second time in 5 years.

Lavina Raywood had solely moved again into her property in Stainforth simply earlier than Christmas, having lived along with her daughters in a static caravan within the backyard since flooding devastated the house in 2019.

The newest flooding noticed melted snow and heavy rainfall trigger a dyke in entrance of Ms Raywood’s property to overflow.

Ms Raywood, 49, instructed the PJDM: “I would just managed to get myself spherical and have my first Christmas on this home in 5 years and now it is all gone once more.”

The home that Ms Raywood bought along with her late husband Frazer, who died in 2022, was initially flooded in 2019 together with plenty of different properties in Doncaster.

The household took the choice to pay for further renovations to attempt to forestall it taking place once more.

Ms Raywood mentioned: “The water got here as much as our knees in the home again then so we raised the flooring by a foot.

“I’ve put in underfloor heating too.

“It is taken years to do it correctly however the water nonetheless got here in final night time.

“I might solely simply had the carpets down three weeks so I ripped them up. I wasn’t going to allow them to get broken.

“The water received into the plasterboard and the kitchen which I’ve solely cooked one dinner in.”

The property is considered one of three affected by flooding off Station Highway, behind Doncaster Greyhound Stadium.

South Yorkshire Hearth and Rescue Service confirmed that 5 hearth crews had attended Station Highway in Stainforth after a name was acquired at 12:27 GMT about rising water ranges.

The crew pumped water away into a close-by storm drain till the water stage had diminished.

Ms Raywood has no doubts in regards to the cause for the flooding threat.

She mentioned: “The dyke is simply not designed for the quantity of rainwater that it takes.

“Each time it rains or if it snows, the water has to go someplace.”

The PJDM has approached Doncaster Council and the Surroundings Company for remark.

The speedy plans for Ms Raywood and her two daughters are to talk with their insurance coverage firm and return to the caravan, however she mentioned it couldn’t be a “long- time period” resolution.

“That is heartbreaking,” she mentioned.

“I do not need to go for the subsequent 5 years residing out of my dwelling once more.”

Regardless of the flood threat, the household has no speedy plans to go away the property.

Ms Raywood mentioned: “It is Catch-22. I am unable to afford to maneuver.

“No one would need to purchase the home. I find it irresistible however I am unable to hold going via this.”

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