In the ten minutes it took him to drive there, he said the water had risen to between 10 and 12 feet and the worker was trapped in the shop. Fortunately he’s fine, he’s OK.“He was trapped in the shop. While the water has since receded, he described the damage left as “unthinkable”, estimating it will cost between €500,000 and €700,000 to fix. “It’s devastation, it just cleaned everything out, moved coolers around the shop, contaminated the food, so that all has to be dumped. There is no flood defence, this could happen in two weeks time if we get another bad storm, until something is done about it,” he said.

Source: The Herald November 13, 2023 17:17 UTC