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Rosyth resident slips disc moving sand bags amid deluge weeks after return to flood-hit home

A Rosyth resident whose property was gutted after flooding was nearly deluged again just weeks after she moved back in.

Annette Young, 66, was driven out of her home when Park Road was submerged following torrential rain in August last year.

Video of the floods in August last year is above this story

Rosyth resident still unable to return home after being driven out by flooding two months ago

She found herself piling sand bags at her door again when heavy rain hit the region last Wednesday.

Ms Young, who only got back into her home before Christmas, slipped a disc in the process and has had to take time off work.

She said Fife Council had yet to take action to prevent further flooding.

“I still haven’t got the pictures up on the wall yet and am still dealing with the insurance company,” she said.

“On Wednesday night it started flooding again and the council came down with sand bags.

“I slipped a disc lifting sand bags. I was just lifting the last one and away it went.”

She added: “Between now and last August there has been nothing done.”

Fife Council said it was working with Scottish Water on a study of areas at risk of flooding, including Rosyth, and that the two bodies had worked with the Scottish Flood Forum charity to advise residents in the Park Road area about protecting their properties.

The flood sacks issued by the council.

The council has provided flood pods, containing flood sacks, which absorb water and act as a barrier.

Ms Young said they were ineffective and difficult to dispose of.

“We told them years ago that they’re not any good and they just float away,” she said.

“They told me to burst them open and spread them on the garden. But would you want to put something that has been soaked in sewage on your garden?

“There’s also the dog dirt off the park and goodness knows what in the burn.”

Council service manager Ross Speirs defended the use of flood sacks, saying they had been proven to work to form an effective barrier, and insisted steps had been taken to safeguard Ms Young’s home.

He said: “Property owners are ultimately responsible for safeguarding and protecting their own land and property.

“In this case, Scottish Water have previously fitted this property with flood doors. They have also fitted non-return valves to the house’s drainage system.

“Over the longer term we continue to inform local people about flood protection measures, with our partners.”