Work is continuing on the clean-up operation and to improve defences against any future floods.

Chief Minister Howard Quayle told Tynwald: ’Since the flood, areas of failed river wall have had temporary flood barriers installed, the weir has been cleared of trees, stones and concrete and in all over 600 tonnes was taken out of the river.

’The two concrete structures on the weir that helped to cause dams to form have been removed.’

A mini-digger and driver has been made available to help residents with the clean up and up to 50 pallets of sandbags were supplied for residents to use.

In the river and glen, chainsaws have been used to cut up fallen and dying trees.

Mr Quayle added: ’The replacement Glen Road wall design has been completed. The waterfall culvert redesign is underway and the initial safeguarding has been undertaken.’

Gullies have been inspected and cleared.

’Work to replace the damaged wall on the Glen Road has already started,’ he said.

’A design has been prepared for a wall that is capable of holding back the river. The existing wall is old and showing signs of distress and was not designed to withstand holding back the river, it was purely a highway road made up of stone and mortar.’

Construction was due to start early next week, ’if not earlier’.

A community officer was liaising with those residents whose homes were flooded. Mr Quayle said in the first instance it would be down to home-owners’ insurance companies to deal with accommodation problems.