Residents 'frustrated' by repeated flooding

People who person experienced repeated flooding consciousness their "houses and livelihoods are connected the line" each clip a tempest is forecast, a Mid Ulster councillor has said.

Dan Kerr was speaking arsenic clean-up efforts proceed successful the aftermath of play flooding successful Coalisland, County Tyrone and Dundonald successful County Down.

The autarkic councillor was among those who assisted residents successful Kings Row, Coalisland, erstwhile h2o entered up to 15 homes during Storm Bert connected Saturday.

Mr Kerr said helium believed it was the 4th clip the thoroughfare has been flooded since 2015 and householders consciousness "very frustrated".

"This can’t hap again erstwhile determination is dense rainfall predicted, it's unacceptable successful the 21st Century," Mr Kerr told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme.

He said the repeated flood harm was having "physical, affectional and fiscal consequences connected the residents of Kings Row."

"It damaged flooring, a batch of appliances. It conscionable had a precise devastating effect wrong a speedy crook of a fewer hours."

He said the residents "believe they’ve been fto down respective times by the statutory agencies".

"They judge determination needs to beryllium accountability arsenic to wherefore this keeps happening."

Mr Kerr said probe had been carried retired successful Kings Row country precocious aft helium and different section representatives raised concerns astir flooding.

He said they were told that enactment would “get to the bottommost of the issue, but evidently not”.

The autarkic councillor has called for each the statutory agencies to get astir a array again and benignant it out.

"There needs to beryllium a sit-down with residents and they request to explicate themselves arsenic to wherefore this has happened again due to the fact that the nonmigratory of Coalisland and the different affected areas merit better."

Parts of Northern Ireland recorded much than fractional a month’s rainfall during Storm Bert, which began to batter the UK and Ireland successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday.

In Dundonald some residents woke to find they were trapped by rising flood water.

Parked cars were damaged on with the 18 properties which were flooded.

An exigency outgo strategy has been activated by the Communities Minister Gordon Lyons to assistance enactment radical whose homes were flooded.

Storm Bert besides caused a landslide successful the Glens of Antrim wherever a roadside verge was washed down a steep elevation - the 2nd specified incidental connected the roadworthy this year.

In the Republic, the Donegal municipality of Killybegs was 1 of the worst affected areas.

Dramatic footage was wide shared of homes and businesses successful the coastal municipality being inundated with water.