One resident, Carmel Bower, said: “It’s not stopping. It’s getting faster, the water, and we can’t do anything.
“The fire brigade came out and they left. They said it was down to United Utilities, and they just left us.
“We’ve had nothing. No one’s been down here to help us or advise us. We’ve just been left, and it’s really bad.
“There’s about five inches of water in the house and 10 in the garden.
“When my mum opened the living room door, it was already flooded. It wasn’t like there was a little bit of water to give us a warning that we might be flooded, it was just completely flooded.
“I was upstairs watching TV and my mum was in the living room with the dog. Then I heard this almighty scream from my mum: ‘Oh my God, the hallway’s flooded.’
“I came running down and there was water everywhere. There was water outside and it was just coming down the street. It was absolutely horrendous.
“Our house is ruined. The kitchen’s ruined. It’s just everything downstairs, all the living room and all my mum’s nice new furniture.
“There’s a chair in there that I don’t know whether is going to be okay. My mum’s had it in the family for 40 years.
“We don’t know how quickly it started because when my mum opened the living room door, it was already flooded.
“We haven’t seen anybody from United Utilities down here. No one’s been down here to help us or advise us. We’ve honestly just been left.
“The police haven’t knocked on our door. They drove past us when we waved them down.
“I was running around knocking on the neighbours’ houses. I just wanted to make sure everyone was OK.
“Apparently, the fireman said he’s been doing it for 30 years and he’d never seen anything like it. So it must be bad.”