Combs Ford mum nervous home with flood again after storm

Monika Lehocz's Combs Ford home, near Stowmarket, was badly damaged after heavy rain during Storm Babet last week. 

Now her home in Lindsey Way is being threatened again following more heavy rain over the weekend. 

Monika Lehocz's home was flooded after torrential downpours (Image: Monika Lehocz) 

Miss Lehocz believes a mixture of heavy rainfall and blocked ditches could lead to her home being flooded again. 

She said she was woken up at midnight on Sunday by heavy rainfall and realised that flood water was almost coming into her home. 

Flood water came in through the back door (Image: Monika Lohecz)

"We've lived here for 11 years now and the garden does normally flood after heavy rain," Miss Lehocz said. 

"After Storm Babet the water came into the house and flooded and damaged the floors.

"It was an horrendous amount of water because all the sewers were blocked. 

"I called the flood emergency service and they told me to fill my pillow cases with sand and soil." 

Mill Lane in Creeting St Mary impassable after floods (Image: Ian Currie)

Miss Lehocz, who works as a school librarian and a support living worker, lives in a terrace house and said her neighbours homes were also affected by the storm. 

My girls who are 11 and 13 years old were up all night helping me move furniture and take items up stairs. 

"I am now nervous my home will flood every time it rains," Miss Lehocz said. 

Miss Lehocz said she lost money because she was not able to work after the damage caused to her house as a result of Storm Babet. 

"It has affected me emotional and financially," she said. 

More than 200 homes were flooded as a result of Storm Babet, according to Suffolk County Council. 

Residents are being asked to report any flooding to Suffolk County Council on its website.