'It's a nightmare': Homes and factories flooded for second year as River Soar bursts its banks
Roy Frisby told ITV News Central he had only spent fewer than three weeks back in his house before being forced out by another flood.
A man from Leicester has been made homeless for the second time after another flood destroyed the downstairs of his home.
Roy Frisby's house in Belgrave was flooded when the River Soar burst its banks last year. Now the tragedy has been repeated and he's been forced back into a hotel, waiting to find out how much this latest damage will cost him.
He told ITV News Central: "12th of last year, I was allowed to come back and start putting stuff into my house. On the 20th of last year, I was allowed to move back in. On the 6th, I had to move out because it flooded again.
"The whole of the downstairs is gone. I've only just had it replaced, new kitchen new works, new settee everything redone, rewired the house. And now, back to square one."
"It's a nightmare"
Jason Ashton is the founder of Secure Trade Frames. His factory also been flooded for the second year in a row.
He said: "It's a nightmare. All I've done for the last year is, every time it rains, I drive down here because I live on the outskirts of Leicester, and I look at the river levels because I'm worried all the time.
"You can't rest because you're just worried about the water all the time.
"In the factory, it was waist height outside; in the factory, it was about two feet high. So we're just drying out all the machines now, drying out all the hardware we use for the windows.
"But it's the same as last year; this happened the same week last year, 12 months to the date it happened."
There are still almost 40 flood warnings in place across the East Midlands.
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue said they had responded to over 380 calls and attended 56 flooding incidents as of 12:30pm on Tuesday 7 January.
The Environment Agency said that with further light rainfall forecast, river levels are expected to remain high until tomorrow (8 January).
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