A number of flats in Harold Road, Hastings, lost their gas supply following heavy rain and flooding on Saturday, November 4, 2023. Video by Philip Gardiner.
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00:00 We're at the back of 124 Howard Road.
00:04 All of the gas meters were flooded the other day.
00:06 You can see where the water was up there.
00:09 The river has gonna be bursting its banks,
00:11 has burst its banks.
00:13 I'm not sure where the river was now,
00:15 but if we come over here,
00:17 all bit our housing association.
00:27 So all of our gas meter, it's quite deep,
00:32 as you can see, it's about a foot.
00:33 Whoa, no, look, that's how deep it is.
00:38 It is flooded, our gas meters, every gas meter is broken.
00:46 They have said the gas engineer will be coming out
00:52 next week, next week.
00:54 As you can see, this is how deep it is.
00:56 And I'll go around these poor people's gas meters
01:00 around here.
01:01 Well, as you can see, it's up to my thighs now.
01:04 Look, it's up to my thighs.
01:06 That's how deep it is.
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