Kirklees Council has announced new defences will be put up against the River Spen, near Ings Crescent, this month.

Ten houses were flooded in that area last year.

And last Thursday the area was once again blighted by heavy rain.

A flood bank will be created between the river and the houses consisting of stone-filled baskets and a heavy-duty waterproof liner.

Coun David Hall, Kirklees cabinet member for the environment, said: "This is great news for the householders.

"I saw first-hand the devastation caused by the floods and I know from talking to residents what hardship was caused. They must live in constant worry that they could be flooded again."

It was as though nature was giving a cruel reminder of last year's deluge when a downpour hit Carr Street last Thursday.

Some of the cellars were once again flooded exactly one year after rain battered the area.

Barry Minett's neighbour paid for firefighters to pump out the water from his flooded cellar on Thursday evening.

It took more than three hours to complete.

Mr Minett said: "I came back from a mate's house and they were pumping out water outside. I went into my house and saw the flooded cellar. I was shocked."

He said the 4ft high water in his own cellar must have been pumped out at the same time as his neighbour's as by the morning it had all disappeared.

He said: "I've been here since April but I'm going to have to move out because of the rising damp and the rain problem."

Neighbour Michelle Valentine, who lives a few houses away, watched Thursday's events with fear.

The 42-year-old said: "I saw the fire engine and the water. I thought, 'Oh no, not again'.

"When it's hard rain and it doesn't stop that's when we are weary.

"Everybody is worried it might happen again, especially those in the newer houses. The beck is so near."

She and her neighbours kept hold of the sandbags they bought during last year's floods.

They fear a repeat of last year's damage, when the water invaded from three directions.

Miss Valentine said: "Last time we were wading through the water on the street. We walked up to the top and it was up to our waist there."

And a spokeswoman for the Environment Agency said its Flood Line Warnings Direct could be extended to the Spen area.

The free system would warn properties at risk of flooding from the River Spen by various up-to-date alerts including texts, emails and fax.

There are currently no flood warnings for the area but the agency is researching the possibility of introducing the system.