Storm Babet: Terminally-ill girl's family hit by flooding thank community

Emily Eden (left) and parents Dawn and Richard had installed a hospital bed in their home

A family with a terminally-ill daughter who were forced out of their home due to flooding have thanked people for their "amazing" support.

Emily Eden, 18, was undergoing chemotherapy in hospital as water filled her family's house in Clay Cross, Derbyshire, on Friday.

Facing months out of their home, which had been set up to care for Emily, father Richard said both strangers and friends had come forward.

A fundraiser has also been started.

It is estimated it could be six months before the family can move back into their home

Emily was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer a few weeks ago and decided she did not want to go into a hospice.

Mr Eden said: "She wanted to be where she was comfortable and we got a hospital bed downstairs in the house.

"But the water came in and it got halfway up the stairs, over the fireplace and wrecked everything."

Put in a hotel room by their insurance company, they were initially told this would be funded only until this weekend.

Emily (centre) and parents Richard and Dawn need accommodation with ground-floor facilities

But Mr Eden said: "The insurance company have been fantastic, I get six or seven calls a day to tell me what is going on.

"They are already at the house, stripping it out but it is still going to be six months before we can get back in."

Finding a new house has been difficult due to Emily's health.

"We were offered a detached house, rent-free, in Wingerworth," said Mr Eden. "But it wasn't suitable.

"Emily struggles with stairs so we really need everything, sleeping and washing facilities, on the same level."

However, offers of help have left the family feeling more positive about their situation.

"The community are absolutely amazing," he said. "I have had people in the estate I don't know who have offered to pay for the hotel for two weeks.

"Someone else set up a GoFundMe page which has got £3,200 in two days."