Fury at farmer driving tractor through floods sending '6ft wave' through shop windows

The operator sent waves of h2o into adjacent businesses and homes. (Image: Jay da Costa )

Fury has erupted astatine a husbandman who smashed waves of flood h2o done store windows and adjacent homes.

The operator tin beryllium seen driving done Tenbury Wells, a market town successful Worcestershire that was submerged successful h2o aft the devastating impacts of Storm Bert.

While locals worked hard to support the overflowing h2o astatine bay, the tractor's wheels sent ample waves retired to the side, causing tidal h2o waves to spell supra store windows.

As the operator hurtles down the centre, it appears to deed something, and the tractor jolts, overmuch to the daze of onlookers. 

Furious locals person expressed their choler and disappointment astatine the viral video online.

Among the outcry 1 societal media idiosyncratic who shared the footage said: "Sends a 6ft bow question done Tenbury store windows. Locals understandably livid!"

“The scenes from Tenbury Wells are shocking and to work idiosyncratic driving a tractor astatine velocity done the flood h2o and causing much harm is unbelievable”, said a section resident.

Another connected societal media said: "We each managed to support the h2o retired of the shops etc, he's driven through, smashed each the windows and doors and bankrupted Tenbury."

"Awful scenes made overmuch worse by this 1 tractor operator which does not correspond truthful galore astonishing farmers retired determination moving truthful hard and doing astonishing things for communities", expressed 1 resident.

The nonmigratory continued: "This chap should person the afloat publication thrown astatine him for this and radical who person been affected should decidedly marque claims against him for other damages that could person been easy avoided had helium not been truthful idiotic.

It is chartless wherefore the tractor was driving done the flooded precocious street.

West Mercia Police accidental they are alert of "videos circulating connected societal media showing a tractor driving done flood h2o successful Tenbury Wells yesterday".

A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said: "We’re actively investigating the incidental and officers are successful Tenbury Wells this greeting speaking to radical whose businesses and properties whitethorn person been affected, arsenic good arsenic reviewing further video footage. No arrests person been made astatine this time.

"We volition supply further updates erstwhile we are capable to."

Tenbury Wells flooded aft the Kyre Brook roseate up and damaged flood defences, with melodramatic footage showing the h2o streaming into the municipality centre.

Rescue workers shouted for radical to get backmost arsenic the floods arrived successful the marketplace town. There were nary reports of immoderate injuries successful the town.