Flood damage being assessed, clean-up continues

Bus unlikely to be recovered for a couple of days at least

Clean-up operations are ongoing in homes, businesses and on roads in various places around the Isle of Man this morning.

This follows yesterday's heavy rain and flooding.

Department of Infrastructure staff are trying to work out how to get the bus which fell with the collapsed bridge in Laxey out of the river.

DoI Construction Manager Gary Saunders has outlined what needs to be done before that can even be considered: (play audio)

Meanwhile, work has also begun to clear the Mountain Road of mud and debris, following a large land slip.