Article: Tidal wave of misery!; FLOODWATER SO POWERFUL IT EVEN BURSTS OPEN THE LOUNGE DOOR OF A MAN WATCHING TELEVISION, AS OTHER FAMILIES ARE FORCED TO ABANDON THEIR HOMES.(News)

PEOPLE in Coventry faced a night of misery as the city endured its wettest day in 100 years.

Houses in Chapelfields and Tile Hill were among those to suffer damage as streams and drains collapsed under the constant rainfall.

Paul Gilmore, aged 48, was watching television at his home in Allesley Old Road, Chapelfields, when his wife, Diane, shouted to him that water was surging under the front door at about 8.45pm last night.

Sherbourne Brook had burst its banks, leading to a flood more than a foot deep outside their home.

Mr Gilmore carried his wife and their son ...

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