Four families and an elderly woman have been left trapped in their homes after a stream burst its banks in Lower Wortley this afternoon.
Community champion Jordan Denny, 20, and Sophie Bradburn shut her convenience store JB's Local so she could help decided to act fast.
While police officers barricaded the area around the ring road and Branch Road off they set to work getting sandbags and trying to offer what cheer they could offer to the residents affected - one elderly woman and four families.
Follow the latest on the flooding across parts of Leeds here
Jordan, a hair stylist, who lives on nearby Blackpool Terrace, said: "We're absolutely freezing and we're absolutely soaked but we just thought we had to do something to help when the flooding started about 3pm.
"It's been awful, the water is up to people's steps and it's not a very happy time for the residents but hopefully tomorrow will bring some respite.
"The poor woman in her 80s was really quite shock and was trying to barricade herself in."
The torrential rain which hit West Yorkshire has caused problems across the region with several key roads closed. Our liveblog has helped residents keep up with what's been happening.
