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Inside flood-wrecked homes covered in sludge after Storm Angus battered Britain with torrential rain
Water can be heard lapping inside one home as the devastated resident walks around the home in Wales
HOMES have been flooded and covered in sludge as Storm Angus continues to batter Britain.
One resident was forced to walk through ankle-deep water in his own home as the heavy rain poured in through the doors.
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Footage of the flooded Maesteg home in Wales, shared by Ken John Hicks, first shows the rain bucketing down outside.
The video then cuts to the man walking though his home, water heard splashing throughout the house.
Slime marks can also be seen coating the walls of the flooded home.
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The home owner was forced to pile up his possessions in the middle of a room in an attempt to save what he could.
But thick sludge coated the home with many belongings ruined.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service reported 47 flooding incidents in Maesteg alone on Sunday.
Residents attempted to sandbag their homes to try to combat the fast-rising rivers with flooding warnings current for the South West, West Midlands, Wales and North of England.
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More than two inches of rain - a fortnight's worth - hit areas in just a few hours.
Millions of motorists heading to work were warned roads could be like lakes and emergency services are braced for a crop of crashes as drivers hit huge sheets of rainwater and lose control.
Five flood warnings and 21 flood alerts across England were issued by the Environment Agency, while the Met Office issued weather warnings covering the South West, Wales and North East England.
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An amber "be prepared" warning covers Devon, where the worst of the rain was expected to hit in the early hours today.
Exeter had already faced more than two inches of rainfall overnight into Sunday - more than half of what is usually expected in the area for the entire month of November.
This morning the Met Office updated its amber alert to include Somerset, meaning the county should be prepared for transport to be affected while the flooding of homes and businesses is possible.
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