Hull flood victims

A flooded field on Wymersley Road. Rainfall over the year has kept topping up the groundwater, leaving gardens and parks sodden Photograph: Christopher Thomond

Wymersley Road. Drains across the city that were overwhelmed in the floods of 2007 are being overhauled Photograph: Christopher Thomond

A caravan outside a house in Hull. Fewer than 100 people displaced by the floods are still living in caravans Photograph: Christopher Thomond

Malcolm Cook, 61, has the last of the original caravans left in Willerby Road after the floods. He is facing a second Christmas in the mobile home Photograph: Christopher Thomond

Malcolm Cook in his home. 'We’re almost sorted,' he said, 'it’s the ones who’ve got the secondary flooding that I’m worried about' Photograph: Christopher Thomond

Harry Saunders, a retired motor engineer, is facing a second disrupted Christmas because of damp in his home Photograph: Christopher Thomond

The blight of secondary flooding has seen skips loaded with ruined carpets and sodden plaster peeling off walls Photograph: Christopher Thomond

The view from a home still undergoing repairs Photograph: Christopher Thomond

Since January, 771 homes have been evacuated, including many repaired after the initial floods Photograph: Christopher Thomond

Charlene Kent, a community worker who helped relief efforts in 2007 and who reports a renewal of community spirit since the floods Photograph: Christopher Thomond