UK residents on Sunday (November 16) swept away floodwater and cleared up inside water-soaked businesses, after Storm Claudia caused heavy flooding in Wales and England.

Business owners were left counting the cost in the run up to the Christmas season in Monmouth, southeastern Wales, and Ewyas Harold village, Herefordshere, near the Welsh-English border.

"This should be the time of the year now where we just build, and this time up to Christmas, it's so important. We've lost so much stuff,” said one store owner on Saturday.

“Businesses are just, they are just not going to recover before Christmas. It's dreadful,” said Martin Newell, a Conservative councillor for Monmouthshire, adding that he has been on the phone to residents who have lost everything.

Members of the community of Ewyas Harold village helped local stores remove stock from shelves and tidy up outside after the flooding.

“This is what community spirit looks like. They've all turned up to help us so our stock out, clean our shop, etc. etc.,” said store manager Sophie Wareing.

Violent weather brought on by Storm Claudia killed three people and injured dozens in Portugal, authorities there said on Saturday, while in Britain rescue workers were organizing evacuations due to heavy flooding in Wales and England.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

1. RESIDENTS OF TOWN OF MONMOUTH, SOUTHEASTERN WALES, CHATTING ON STREET AFTER IT WAS FLOODED THE DAY BEFORE

2. PEOPLE CLEANING UP DEBRIS FROM SHOP, SWEEPING OUT FLOODWATER / MAN TAKING SACK OF RUBBISH OUT

3. PEOPLE CARRYING FURNITURE OUT OF BUSINESS AND PLACING IT IN STREET

4. SHOP FRONTS, INCLUDING BETTING SHOP LADBROKES, WHICH HAS BROKEN SHOP WINDOWS

MONMOUTH, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 15, 2025) (BBC - No use UK)

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED LOCAL RESIDENT/BUSINESS OWNER, SAYING (PLEASE NOTE: END OF SOUNDBITE OVERLAID BY BEGINNING OF SHOT 6):

"This should be the time of the year now where we just build, and this time up to Christmas, it's so important. We've lost so much stuff."

6. CLOTHES AND OTHER ITEMS ON DISPLAY SOAKED IN FLOODWATER

MONMOUTH, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 16, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

7. WATERMARK ON SIDE OF BUILDING SHOWING HEIGHT OF FLOODWATER DAMAGE, AFTER WATER HAS SUBSIDED / PEOPLE WALKING PAST

MONMOUTH, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 15, 2025) (BBC - No use UK)

8. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CONSERVATIVE PARTY COUNCILLOR FOR MONMOUTHSHIRE, MARTIN NEWELL, SAYING:

"I have just spoke on the phone to a resident in tears. He's lost everything. All his possessions. He's lost his home. So we're going to try and help him, to rehome him."

9. WHITE FLASH

10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CONSERVATIVE PARTY COUNCILLOR FOR MONMOUTHSHIRE, MARTIN NEWELL, SAYING:

"The businesses are just, they are just not going to recover before Christmas. It's dreadful."

MONMOUTH, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 16, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

11. WOMAN CLEANING UP IN SHOP, TAKING SACKS OF RUBBISH OUT

12. WOMEN CLEANING UP IN INDUSTRIAL KITCHEN

13. BOXES AND ITEMS OUTSIDE AGAINST WALL

14. VARIOUS OF DAMAGED CAR OUTSIDE ‘THE ROBIN HOOD’ PUB

EWYAS HAROLD, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 15, 2025) (BBC - No use UK)

15. PEOPLE CLEANING UP OUTSIDE STORE IN EWYAS HAROLD VILLAGE, NEAR HEREFORDSHERE, NEAR WELSH-ENGLISH BORDER, SWEEPING WATER TOWARDS RIVER

16. (SOUNDBITE) (English) EWYAS HAROLD VILLAGE STORE MANAGER, SOPHIE WAREING, SAYING:

“This is what community spirit looks like. They've all turned up to help us sort our stock out, clean our shop, etc. etc."

17. PEOPLE MOVING STOCK FROM SHELVES