Rupert immediately began to reorder the castle's defences, sorting out the garrison's accommodation, repairing the Devil's Tower, reconstructing the real tennis court and improving the castle's hunting estate.
Typically, buildings policies pay for repairs to return your home to a habitable condition, as well as for alternative accommodation while repairs are carried out.
The Association of British Insurers ABII) says that insurers will usually pay for temporary accommodation while repairs are carried out.
The authority said it was working with other councils to provide accommodation while repairs were carried out.
Those effected by the storms face up to nine months in alternative accommodation while repairs to their homes are carried out.
Perception of threat was assessed by two questions: "Did you think you were going to die during the cyclone?" and "Did you think a family member might die during the cyclone?" Questions about the cyclone aftermath related to loss of possessions, needing temporary accommodation and whether any repairs on their home had been completed.
The Logistics Cluster service offers Inter-Agency Logistics Response Teams (LRT) and Inter-agency Transport and Logistics Services which includes set up of staging areas, strategic and tactical cargo movement by air and sea, mobile storage, ground transport capacity, infrastructure repair, office and accommodation facilities, and the necessary coordination and information management (82).
Seven months later Colette and Graham are still living in rented accommodation while their house is repaired.
On the ground, it's clear that local councils, alongside the Environment Agency, have worked wonders in the first weeks of this year, helping to defend vulnerable homes, finding emergency accommodation for flood victims, and repairing breached defences in high-risk areas.
The time bank provided crucial support for the Lyttelton community, such as helping with home repairs or finding rental accommodation when houses were deemed uninhabitable.
Week in week out I see the challenges that residents face in social housing – from broken lifts to delayed repairs and substandard private sector rented accommodation.
