A HOMEOWNER is begging her council to cut down a set of huge trees which are allegedly causing her garden to become flooded.
According to the resident, she is yet to hear back from her council as the country braces for the incoming Storm Floris.
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Kerri Miles told the Bournemouth Echo that water flooded into her garden on Thursday afternoon, after Dibden, Hampshire, was hit by a heavy downpour.
She believes that the massive influx of water was supported by tree roots and leaves blocking the drainage system in Cheviot Drive.
As the water rushed into her garden on July 31, Kerri put on her wellington boots and went outside to assess the extent of the damage.
Kerri said: “I opened my back gate, and the water came rushing through into the garden.
“I was stood right above the drain and the water was up to my ankles, that is how deep it was.
“The lack of action is frustrating, and we have always paid our council tax and these trees desperately need sorting out.
“It is going to get to the point where our gardens flood even more, or a large branch from a tree will come down on one of us and it will be fatal.
“If the council was using our money properly we would not have these issues.
“We are not asking for the trees to be uplifted completely, we just want them to be maintained.”
She says that inaction over maintaining the trees has fuelled the problem.
According to Kerri, tree roots were found by her husband in her drains.
She said: “When my family and I moved in around 15 years ago, the council would come round and trim the trees.
“But in the last 10 years we have had nothing, and the trees are now overgrown.
“My husband Phillip is a plumber and has cleaned out our drains before to unblock them and he found tree roots inside.
“We have been told there can’t be roots in the drains, but that paired with the fallen leaves are causing the area to flood when the rain is heavy.”
The Sun has approached Hythe and Dibden Parish Council, New Forest District Council and Hampshire County Council for comment.
The news comes as the country prepares for the incoming Storm Floris, which is set to bring 85mph winds.
A yellow weather warning has been issued for Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland and north Wales.
It will be in place from 6am Monday until 6am Tuesday and residents have been warned of a “danger to life”.
Matthew Lehnert, a Met Office Chief Meteorologist, said: “Across the warning area, many inland areas are likely to see gusts of 40-50mph, with 60-70mph more likely at higher elevations and around exposed coasts in Scotland.
“There is a small chance that some locations here could even record gusts of 85mph.”
A spokesperson for the weather agency added on X: “Storm Floris has been named.
“Unseasonably strong winds, gales in the north, locally severe and accompanied by heavy rain. Disruption possible.”
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