Floods: Muchelney Locals Angry As Village Cut Off

By Alex Rossi, Sky News Correspondent

Residents stranded in a village in Somerset surrounded by floodwaters are demanding the Environment Agency dredges the nearby river to stop the problem from happening again.

For the last eight days Muchelney has been cut off from the world - it is now an island.

All of the roads connecting the village are submerged under as much as six feet of water and the only way in and out is by boat.

Angela Wilson-Ward says no one is helping them in what is a disaster.

The village is cut-off by floodwaters

She told Sky News: "You get very cross because nothing's been done.

"The rivers have not been dredged for 20-odd years and it is always an excuse because there's no money.

"But that's all well and good but if this was another country they would find the money to go and rescue them."

The village is a bump on the Somerset Levels. People living in houses at the top are dry but residents at the bottom have been inundated by a tide of filthy floodwater.

A car submerged by feet of water in one of the village's roads

Nick Studley had nearly renovated his thatched cottage after it flooded last year. He was about to move back in but weeks of heavy rain meant the waters returned first.

He said: "It is always devastating but what can you do. You just have to get on with it and do your best."

Fire and rescue teams have started ferrying residents to the mainland for supplies and the school run.

But with more rain forecast it is a service they will be relying in for the next few weeks.

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