A business owner says her beauty clinic may never reopen after contents were destroyed by a wave caused by a tractor driving through floodwater in Tenbury Wells. Stephanie Hopkins described Eternally Ageless Aesthetics as an "empty shell" after being deluged by more than 2ft (0.6m) of floodwater on Sunday.
She said the tractor's bow wave ruined items of furniture placed out of reach of the flood. A 57-year-old driver was arrested and bailed on Tuesday on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. Ms Hopkins, who put her life savings into the business, said: "I can't see that we can possibly really open again.
"At this moment in time it's all very raw." A torrent of water surged into the town after a wall holding back Kyre Brook collapsed . Ms Hopkins, who was outside her shop on Market Street when the wall fell, described the scene as "unbelievable".
"Everybody just started to scream, 'run, run'. And it was just like a tidal wave coming down the road," she said. "There was just absolutely nothing you could do but just watch and see the devastation.
" A number of businesses have told the BBC doors and windows were smashed by the force of waves created by the tractor. Ms Hopkins said the wave "blew open the door", breaking the locks. "The wave hit everything we had put up high, which may have missed being ruined by the floodwater," she added.
Ms Hopkins, who has spoken to police, believes the tractor driver should be held accountable for damage caused. "Don't get me wro.
