{"id":98972,"date":"2023-09-19T15:13:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/?p=98972"},"modified":"2023-09-19T15:13:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T15:13:14","slug":"butlins-forced-to-shut-four-days-after-being-flooded-in-heavy-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/butlins-forced-to-shut-four-days-after-being-flooded-in-heavy-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Butlin&apos;s forced to shut four days after being flooded in heavy rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Butlin&#8217;s is forced to shut for four days after Devon floods as videos show heavy rain pouring through ceilings and rooms left underwater<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Resort in Minehead, Somerset, was damaged during extreme weather on Sunday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But guests remained upbeat and still attended the silent disco in the evening\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Butlin&#8217;s has been forced to shut for four days after heavy rain caused severe flooding in Somerset and Devon.<\/p>\n<p>The resort in Minehead, Somerset, was damaged during extreme weather conditions on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>It comes amid yellow warnings for rain by the Met Office\u00a0for parts of the UK later this week.<\/p>\n<p>Britain is being hit by the remnants of Hurricane Lee, which pounded the north-eastern US and Canada\u00a0with 70mph winds at the weekend. Forecasters have warned of gale-force winds of 45mph or more from today until Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Devon has also been hit with\u00a0 extreme weather causing power cuts amid lightning strikes, while landslides closed roads including the M5 for a short time. Warnings were last night in place for potential flooding of homes in Dawlish, Sampford Mill and Kingsbridge.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/20\/75567671-12532587-image-a-40_1695064029906.jpg\" height=\"1120\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The resort in Minehead, Somerset, was damaged during extreme weather conditions<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/20\/75567669-12532587-image-m-42_1695064048007.jpg\" height=\"1110\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The resort is closed for four days and is expected to re-open this Friday. It comes amid weather warnings<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/20\/75568029-12532587-image-a-44_1695064079288.jpg\" height=\"1127\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The holiday resort said they are &#8216;very sorry&#8217; to anyone whose holiday has been affected<\/p>\n<p>Butlin&#8217;s said they are &#8216;very sorry&#8217; to anyone whose holiday has been affected by the severe weather over the weekend and full refunds would be made available.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A Butlin&#8217;s spokesperson said: &#8216;We&#8217;ve taken the difficult decision to close due to several important venues being impacted by the weather.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Holiday punter Ruth Mills told the BBC: &#8216;On Saturday, we had been to see Wet Wet Wet and it was just like okay, then this was our turn to get wet wet wet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was horrendous. It just got worse.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Karen Keen said streams of water started entering her chalet from both sides at around 10.30am on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>She added that her group&#8217;s belongings, mainly clothing, had been ruined and she started getting cross when time passed and they felt they were not being told what to do.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/20\/75568033-12532587-image-a-43_1695064071633.jpg\" height=\"1127\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Despite the flooding, many guests remained upbeat and still went out clubbing in the evening<\/p>\n<p>Helen Harris, who was part of the group, said: &#8216;We tried to make a laugh about it but nobody was there with any information, we were just left in limbo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We were tired and wet, we felt dirty. They need to face people. Not everyone was angry, they just wanted to know what was going on.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Nigel Hopkins, from Leicestershire, told ITV: &#8216;After we finished breakfast, all of a sudden everyone was like go look round there, and we went round and the whole of the restaurant area was flooding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There was water pouring through the lights.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But he added that the holidaymaker&#8217;s spirits remained upbeat and he still went to the silent disco later that evening.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;We went to the silent disco, and they were saying thanks to everybody for staying.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Everybody was just still out for having fun and having a bit of a party.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/20\/75568049-12532587-image-a-48_1695064139780.jpg\" height=\"1017\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The resort said that refunds will be issued and that the safety of their guests was a priority<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/20\/75568041-12532587-image-a-46_1695064099028.jpg\" height=\"1120\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Butlin&#8217;s were forced to call in extra staff because of the flooding to help the guests at the park<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/18\/20\/75568043-12532587-image-a-47_1695064105591.jpg\" height=\"1127\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Water even started pouring out of the lights because of the dramatic weather over the weekend<\/p>\n<p>The resort is expected to re-open on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Butlin&#8217;s said more staff were called in to help guests after the chalets flooded.<\/p>\n<p>The statement added: &#8216;We brought in extra team to help guests, who worked quickly to re-accommodate every unit that had been flooded and we had an overwhelmingly positive response on resort yesterday,&#8217; the firm said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We communicated with guests via digital screens and SMS to keep them updated and managed to continue with a full entertainment schedule.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Due to several important venues being impacted by the weather, we took the difficult decision to close for this week&#8217;s family break. The safety of our guests and team is our top priority and we are very sorry to anyone whose holiday has been affected.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12532587\/butlins-minehead-somerset-closed-flooding.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Butlin&#8217;s is forced to shut for four days after Devon floods as videos show heavy rain pouring through ceilings and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Butlin&amp;apos;s forced to shut four days after being flooded in heavy rain - Celebrity Cover News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritycovernews.com\/world-news\/butlins-forced-to-shut-four-days-after-being-flooded-in-heavy-rain\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Butlin&amp;apos;s forced to shut four days after being flooded in heavy rain - 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