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Dead rats and dirty nappies cover street after freak flash floods overwhelm drains
ChronicleLive freak floods, hail and thunderstorms caused havoc in the area on Monday causing the storm drains to over fill and eventually spill over.One mum was confronted by the awful scene after taking her children to school described the images of nappies and dead rats as "manky".Northumbrian Water blamed heavy rain and overfilled sewers for the disruptions to members of the public."It looks like there's a decontaminated nappy there, with debris, and three dead rats that are getting squished and squished every time a car passes," said Kelly Kerr, who discovered the "huge" rodents at the junction of West Farm Road and McNamara Road.And Kelly, who owns local business Kelly's Cakes, added: "You just can't put it into words how disgusting