It Takes a Flood

It Takes a Flood

★ 0.0IMDb Score
Released:2021-11-02
Duration:47 min
Director:Kevin Macdonald
Actors:
Production:Docsville

Overview:

Takes viewers inside the homes of people seriously affected by increasingly ferocious floods hitting the UK. With one in six British homes now at risk of flooding, residents across the country count the cost, both financial and mental, to their communities affected by flooding over the last decade.

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