Huge storms have battered the south coast of Britain dumping a months worth of rain in just hours. One of the worst hit areas was Cornwall.<br /><br />There, the Coastguard helicopter was out in force airlifting residents to safety from their homes after floodwaters swept through the village of Coverack.<br /><br />A major incident has been declared in #Cornwall after flash flooding hit the coastal village of #Coverack. pic.twitter.com/IFK1ScT3cr— SP Services UK Ltd (@SPServicesUK) July 18, 2017<br /><br />Residents said their village had been devastated, while roads were destroyed and cars abandoned. Thomas Duffie, a local bus driver spoke of the massive torrents of water that hit the back of the bus he was driving.<br /><br />“All of a sudden it was like a water rapids just coming right from behind the bus. A load of boulders coming down, some even the size of the wheels of the bus, coming down.”<br /><br />Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service says its crews responded to “multiple flooding-related incidents” in Coverack and even used twitter to warn people not to go out in their cars.<br /><br />Major flooding in #Coverack area please avoid this area & do not attempt to drive through any flood water.— Cornwall Fire&Rescue (@CornwallFRS) July 18, 2017<br /><br />Councils in some of the worst hit areas have pledged that money ‘won’t be a problem’ for the extensive repairs.<br /><br />But while the massive clean up operations continue, the met office says more bad weather is on its way.<br />
