More than 1,000 people evacuated from flooded holiday park on Christmas Eve
Some people are staying in emergency accommodation.
More than 1,000 people had to flee a caravan park on Christmas Eve because of flooding.
Emergency services evacuated families from the holiday park after a downpour led the Billing Aquadrome to tell residents to leave ‘immediately’.
Some went to stay with their families, while others relied on local leisure centres and some hotel rooms that had been secured for emergency accommodation.
Several people needed to be rescued, with Northamptonshire Search and Rescue saving three adults from a car that was partly submerged in a ditch.
They also helped a young mum and her baby.
The 235-acre park has mobile homes and lodges in the Nene Valley.
One resident told Sky News an area of the park near to the River Nene was ‘heavily flooded’.
He said: ‘Personally I just feel numb from it and worried about if my place will be there when I get back.
‘I won’t be able to enjoy any sort of Christmas with that on my mind now.’
Billing Aquadrome said in a statement: ‘Park staff are doing everything that they can to aid and assist all holiday home owners during this unbelievably difficult time.
‘Park staff are doing everything that they can to aid and assist all holiday home owners during this unbelievably difficult time.
‘It goes without saying that we are heartbroken to find ourselves in this position, and that we are extremely sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused.
‘We thank you for your understanding and continued support.’
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