“Some people say that the way your year starts is how the year is going to be, so I’m looking forward to some adventures, I’ll be like Indiana Jones,” said Alina Abroutkouki.
The 40-year-old interior designer spent the first night of the new year sleeping in Didsbury Mosque, having left a neighboring house hours earlier.
She was one of nearly a thousand trans people Greater Manchester On New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day he was released – half of them were rescued in boats, and many from flooded houses.
Many residents have still not been able to return, with experts working around the clock to restore power and water, making people live in their homes again.
“It’s scary,” Abroutkouki said. “I just want you to sleep well and figure things out and start the year.”
He is now staying in a hotel and does not yet know when he will be able to return home. However, he voluntarily helps himself again to the port of the mosque for people in need.
On New Year’s Day, the building was packed with those who were staying in the nearby hotel – some refugees were staying in the hotel – and as the conciliatory staff worked round-the-clock to find everyone comfortable, local residents came to donate blankets and blankets, food. and he drank.
“All the different situations, they all came together, and it was incredible to see, it really was,” said Tracey Pook, community engagement officer at the mosque. “I really can’t stress enough how proud I am of the community.”
On Thursday afternoon, it was announced that the major event would be on New Year’s Day, with emergency services and partners turning their focus to recovery efforts.
“Over the past 36 hours, fire crews have worked tirelessly to keep people safe alongside Greater Manchester Police, the North West Ambulance Service, Mountain Rescue, local councils and other partners,” said Chief Fire Officer, Dave Russell. “I want to thank everyone who responded for their hard work and dedication.”
At Meadow Mill in Stockport, recovery trucks were working to remove vehicles that were completely submerged at one point in the car, many now likely to be listed by insurers.
Residents were carrying bags and bin liners filled with their possessions through the mud, as they went to a hotel or to stay with friends and relatives.
With no power or running water in the building, they don’t know when they will be able to return – some have been told as early as Monday, while others expect to stay elsewhere for two weeks.
On New Year’s Day, the rescuers crossed the boats in the splashing water to those who were trapped on the lower deck. Some were trapped inside the building for several hours before being led to safety by a torch.
“The whole of Greater Manchester’s system has pulled over in the past 48 hours,” group chief executive for the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Greater Manchester Fire Rescue and Greater Manchester Transport, Caroline Simpson said.
“We are grateful to all those who worked tirelessly during the difficult bank holidays to keep our residents safe,” he added.
“Our thoughts go out to all those affected by the flooding. We will continue to work together in the coming days and weeks to help residents and businesses recover and get back to normal.”
Helen Scott, 35, a presenter, had returned to her home in Meadow Mill on Thursday to welcome her cats Gianni Versace and Alexander McQueen. He will stay with his friends until they all come home.
“When you’ve got the care it’s not easy,” he said. “You can’t just rock up to the Inn High.”
He had arrived home from a night out in Manchester’s Gay Village on New Year’s Eve at around 3.15am to find the water calf deep – when neighbors returned thirty minutes later, the flood was already chest deep.
He said, “It was apocalyptic.” “We are certainly awake when he is tempted, and it hurts us no more.”
One upside, he said, was that neighbors would pull together and get to know each other better. “Now we’re in limbo,” he added. “It’s not something you ever think you’re going to do.”
Another resident Scott Adshead, 27, who works in IT, spent two years restoring his 1970 vintage MG, which was completely submerged in flood waters.
“I literally built it,” he said. “I did everything myself.”
He hopes the car can be saved – but it will be a lot of work. “It’s going to be expensive, it’s going to be hard,” he said, “but I’ve done it before, and I can do it again.”
I am devastated, he said. But the northern mind is what it is. Isn’t it before and up?”
Natasha West, 28, a technical officer for an auditing company who also lives in the building, came home from a friend’s house around 4am to find access deep under water.
Firefighters told her to stay elsewhere, “but my cat was there, it was a little stressful,” she said.
He watched the footage on the news and spotted the roof of his “green under water” when he was separated from Kylo eight hundred years ago. “I cried all day yesterday,” he said.
“The cars left, the two cars were both written off. He finally got the cat at about 4pm, the car was still under water.
“It’s awful not a great start” [to the year]West said. “But it can only get better, right?”