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Caravanners pull together to escape flood

Caravan owners in a Northern Island park have been forced to move after torrential rain

Caravan owners in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, have been forced to move their mobile homes after torrential rain.

The equivalent of an entire month’s rain has fallen in the area within the space of just a few days, the News Letter reported.

Lisnaskea Caravan Park boss Pearl Duncan told the newspaper that the site had dealt with the situation by everyone pulling together.

“We had a lot of people here still enjoying their holidays when this happened, but thankfully everyone is on dry ground now,” she said.

“The flood peaked at around 12:00 BST and then began receding slowly again.”

According to the report, the park was flooded after the heavy rain caused the Colebrooke River to burst its banks.

Ms Duncan explained that it was the worst flood she had seen in 11 years of working at the site, but that the residents all worked to help each other out.

In other news, Warwickshire-based Allens Caravans has completed a £2 million investment in its Leedons Holiday and Residential Park and has pointed out that caravans are becoming popular places for people to spend their retirement.