A woman who suffered at the hands of biblical flooding in 2007 developed a 10-year long phobia of rain water.
The floods decimated the East Yorkshire city and surrounding areas, after they were pummelled by rain for hours on 25 June.
The unnamed woman said the sound of rainwater on her roof made her think another flood was coming.
“It took 10 years before I was able to hear the rain on my roof and not be scared," she said, reports Hull Live.
She added: “I instantly thought there would be another flood.”
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The psychological impact of the natural disaster has been laid bare in a new report by University of Hull on behalf of the Living with Water (LWW) partnership.
Among the anonymised respondents was another person who said their wife had suffered a mental breakdown as a direct result of the flooding, while another described the impact on their young child.
“My seven-year-old reverted back to bedwetting," they said.
They added: “Moving home, ringing insurance up and trying to be at work at the same time. The stress level for me and my husband was massive.”
Another respondent, who saw multiple house sales fall through following the flooding, went further.
She said her husband had died in 2010, adding that she believed the stress caused by the flooding had “shortened” his life.
The mental and physical wellbeing impacts of the floods in both 2007 and 2013 have been highlighted by the University of Hull survey report, released in June this year.
The university’s energy and environment institute surveyed over 450 households in Hull in 2018 on behalf of the LWW partnership.
The LWW partnership is made up of Hull City Council, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Yorkshire Water and the Environment Agency. It seeks to reduce Hull and East Yorkshires’ vulnerability to flooding.
Over half of respondents, 51%, whose houses were flooded or damaged by the floods in 2007 and/or 2013 reported health impacts.
Mental health impacts were reported by 43%, physical health impacts affected 19% and 12% reported both physical and mental health impacts because of the floods.
Approximately 8,800 residential houses, 1,300 businesses and 91 of 99 schools in the area were damaged.
Hull and the Humber area is the most flood vulnerable area of the UK outside of London, according to the University of Hull.
Of those who were flooded or had their houses damaged in 2007, 18% described the flooding and helplessness as the worst part of the floods.
Residents from three wards badly impacted by the 2007 floods were targeted for the survey, Beverley & Newland, Derringham and North Carr.
Of the 457 total respondents, 37% were flooded and 22% affected by flooding.
