Advocates say people with disability are increasingly ‘forgotten’ in emergency planning

Advocates say people with disability are not seeing inclusive support or rapid decision-making in emergency planning procedures. Photograph: Dan Peled/Getty Images

After being evicted from her short-term accommodation to make way for tourists, flood victim Margaret was left with nowhere else to go.

“I would have been homeless, living out of my car with two dogs,” the 79-year-old said.