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WEBVTT ONLY ON WVTM 13, THEY SHARED THEIR STORY WITH ERIN KELLY. >> WATER WAS CASCADING DOWN OUR LONG HALLWAY AND THEN JUST KIND OF CURVED AROUND HERE AND POOLED AT THE FAR END OF THE ROOM REPORTER: FRIDAY MORNING, NICK SALYERS. AND GIRLFRIEND LAUREN WEEKLEY WOKE UP IN A HOME, THEY DIDN’T RECOGNIZE. >> SHE WAKES UP AROUND 3:30 TO USE THE BATHROOM, STEPS INTO ANKLE-DEEP WATER, AND YOU KNOW YOU KIND OF HAVE THAT GUT WRENCHING FEELING OF WAIT, WHAT’S GOING ON? ERIN: THEY SAY THE RUSHING RAINWATER, WHICH IS NORMALLY DIVERTED AWAY FROM THE HOME THEY RENT ON 4TH PLACE SOUTH, POOLED IN THE YARD AND FLOODED THE HOUSE. >> WE TOOK ONE STEP AND WATER JUST SEEPED UP. IT HAD BEEN SOAKED FOR HOURS. ERIN: NICK AND LAUREN SAY THEY BELIEVE THE WATER CAME IN THROUGH THIS WALL AND FLOWED TO THE REST OF THE HOUSE. THEY HAD TO TOSS MANY OF THEIR BELONGINGS, AND WORKED QUICKLY WITH THEIR LANDLORD TO RIP OUT THE DAMAGED WALLS. SALYERS SAYS HE’S CALLED THE CITY AND IS HOPING FOR HELP. >> RIGHT NOW WE’RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY. INSURANCE IS TRYING TO DENY COVERAGE BECAUSE IT’S A FLOOD, BUT WE THINK THAT THERE MAY BE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS IN A WAY THAT DIDN’T HAVE TO HAPPEN. ERIN: IN BIRMINGHAM, ERIN KELLY, WVTM 13. GUY: THE CITY’S OFFICES ARE CLOSED, TODAY, BUT WE CALL

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