RESIDENTS will receive help to protect their homes from rising water after flash floods struck earlier this year.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council is to explore ways of improving the flood resilience of properties.

That applies especially to Market Weighton, where homes and businesses were wrecked when torrential rain fell in the town. The authority plans to launch a consultation exercise in Market Weighton as part of a pilot project to establish how flood measures will work.

Cllr Andy Burton welcomed the proposals.

“It is initiatives like this that help council officers calculate the cost of such a scheme and to identify where funding can be found,” he said.

“There have been a number of government emergency funds set up to help flood victims over recent flood events.

“If we can put a scheme together that identifies how much it would cost, then East Riding Council can look for the funding to help to pay for it.”

Councillor David Rudd added: “I really welcome this idea.

“The flash floods hit the same quite limited localities time after time. “If the East Riding can help those specific homeowners then this must be welcomed.”