Storm Babet: Owners return to see 'chaos' at flood-hit homes across Suffolk

Residents in a flood-hit town have been returning to their homes to see the scale of devastation Storm Babet left behind.

There was widespread flooding in Framlingham, Suffolk, after the Mere burst its banks, sending a torrent of water into homes and leaving cars submerged.

Clive Chambers, who lives beside the town's Mere, returned to his flat in Framlingham at the weekend for the first time since it flooded - and ITV News Anglia was there as he surveyed the damage.

"Oh my word, oh dear, all my books," he said.

"When I opened that door, [it came] in like a tidal wave," he told ITV News Anglia.

"When I went to get out the front door, the hallway door, I was wading through water just about below my boot level.

"You can see the depth of water in here was at least three to four feet."

Parts of Suffolk had nearly two months worth of rain in four days in the wake of Storm Babet.

A major incident was declared in the county on Friday, as persistent rain and high winds caused flooding and major disruption.

Natalie Schug and her family managed to escape unharmed but the entire ground floor of her house is now in ruins.

"The water lifted up our fridge freezer. We were very lucky no-one was standing there because it was very heavy," she said.

"We're barely salvaged anything because I was upstairs with the young children and I was shouting at my 16-year-old things to save.

But I forgot videos, video cameras from 20 years ago. I've forgotten so many things, it's chaos," she said.

The Met Office said there were a number of flood warnings still in place across East Anglia as well as a number of flood alerts.

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