‘We’re in a bit of a state’: Cornish villagers frustrated by lack of help after Storm Goretti
Trees still block roads and scores of people remain without power or water almost a week on from stormLinda Williams, 86, has been without heating, lighting and a working phone for the best part of five days. She is trying to keep warm by layering up and she picks her way around her home in the...
<p>Trees still block roads and scores of people remain without power or water almost a week on from storm</p><p>Linda Williams, 86, has been without heating, lighting and a working phone for the best part of five days. She is trying to keep warm by layering up and she picks her way around her home in the remote Cornish village of New Mill with old battery lamps from her days of caravanning.</p><p>“I think it’s safe to say that we’re in a bit of a state,” said Williams, a retired council accounts assistant. “But it can’t go on for ever … can it?”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/13/cornwall-storm-goretti-power-water-trees-roads">Continue reading...</a>
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