Cameron Heckled By Angry Kent Residents Over Inadequate Christmas Flood Response

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When the prime minister swept into the devastated community in his Range Rover to talk to residents and members of the emergency services on Friday morning, despair at nature's power turned to recrimination over the perceived inadequacy of the official response.

Erica Olivares, 49, was among the residents of a row of early-18th-century cottages in Yalding who were sluicing out silt from inundated floors and hauling out sodden Christmas trees when Cameron arrived with his entourage.

Rushing across the street, she told the prime minister that the village felt they had been left to struggle on their own. About 100 homes had to be abandoned on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

"We were literally abandoned," she told him angrily. "We had no rescuers, no nothing for the whole day. It was Christmas." Cameron, who was due to talk to Environment Agency officers and firefighters, seemed taken aback. He asked what she needed now and urged her to "get on to the council", but she replied that "they all decided to go on holiday".

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http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/27/david-cameron-confronted-residents-flooded-village

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1. Without wishing to sound unsypmathetic

if you live in an area like Yalding which is subject to flooding you do get flooded on occasions.

Video of subject of OP here : http://www.channel4.com/news/uk-storms-heavy-rain-wind-met-office-christmas

"they all decided to go on holiday" aka Christmas.

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2. Most storm-hit homes 'to get power back on Sunday'

Most UK properties still cut off from electricity following the Christmas storms will be reconnected by the end of Sunday, power firms have said.

The number of properties without power has now fallen to about 600, the Energy Networks Association said.

Electricity North West in Cumbria, UK Power Networks in south-east England and Scottish Power Networks in Wales said almost all were being reconnected.

It comes as forecasters warn of a fresh bout of heavy rain and wind on Monday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25540792