{"id":10231,"date":"2024-02-26T15:55:45","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/?p=10231"},"modified":"2024-02-26T15:55:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:55:46","slug":"people-cant-go-out-of-their-houses-in-ely-because-of-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/people-cant-go-out-of-their-houses-in-ely-because-of-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"People can\u2019t go out of their houses  in Ely because of floods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The street in front of their house is covered by water that no one can walk through<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The floods has been flooding on and off for at least two years even when there is minimal rainfall.  Although there are three drains on the road, the drainage system is still a big problem.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rhiannon Madgwick has lived on the street  for more than five years. She says they often get stuck with massive puddles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"605\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/IMG_8089.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10236\" style=\"width:770px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/IMG_8089.png 806w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/IMG_8089-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/IMG_8089-770x578.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/IMG_8089-293x220.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"806\" height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/IMG_8089.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10236\" style=\"width:770px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/IMG_8089.png 806w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/IMG_8089-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/IMG_8089-770x578.png 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cardiffnewsplus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/02\/IMG_8089-293x220.png 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018\u2018When the river is open or flows down. And there&#8217;s no effort for it to go. Because the drainage systems are so bad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got young children so we&#8217;re constantly having to move upstairs. Because of the flood warnings we&#8217;re constantly monitoring how far the water is going because of how bad flooding it is. \u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The floods not only affect residents\u2019 travel, but also invade their gardens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Allan moved here a few months ago. He says that whenever there is heavy rain, a lot of rubbish is washed into his garden by the flood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018\u2018I can\u2019t stay outside because there&#8217;s a huge flood in my garden and there&#8217;s no dry spots everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My step is wet, and it&#8217;s also bringing trash into my garden as well as in the front of my house. And it&#8217;s just making the whole area smell and it&#8217;s really bad for me and my kids.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Residents living on the street say they are trying to resolve the issue with Cardiff Council. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The street in front of their house is covered by water that no one can walk through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1098,"featured_media":10235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>People can\u2019t go out of their houses in Ely because of floods - 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