Cars washed away as Ellesmere hit by flooding
Cars parked in a quiet cul-de-sac were washed away as flash flooding wreaked havoc across large parts of Shropshire.
A neighbour with a tractor managed to pull cars to safety in scenes repeated all over the county after torrential rain compounded by the sudden thawing of more than three feet of snow.
Diksmuide Drive in Ellesmere was left under water with vehicles swamped. Angela Georgiou, who was staying with her mother Maria at the time, said: "It was crazy. We went to bed with snow and woke up with floods. When I looked out I saw my brother Charlie's Punto floating away. The water was knee-high and everybody was out in the street trying to move their cars.
Luckily one of the neighbours had a tractor. He was a real hero and managed to pull some of the cars out. Unfortunately, Charlie's car was a complete write-off."
Tractor driver Roger Wood said: "My neighbour Paul was sat at the wheel but hsi Audi was full with water, he was surrounded."
Homes narrowly avoided being damaged by the waters but Mr Wood added: "It all happened so quickly. There was no sign when we went to bed and then we woke up on Sunday with water everywhere."
