I’m a Celeb hit by flooding as fields and roads near camp left underwater
Ruth Langsford shares extraordinary footage of just how badly flooded the road to camp is
Jack Teague
I'M A Celeb has been hit by flooding with fields and roads near camp left underwater - after torrential rain threatened to stop filming on the show.
Ruth Langsford uploaded a clip showing just how much water has built up on the road heading to camp - and how much flooding remains in the area.
The area has been hit by torrential flooding
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The area has been hit by torrential floodingCredit: Australia Media
Many of the local roads are flooded
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Many of the local roads are floodedCredit: Australia Media
The flood water meant it was touch and go whether Ant and Dec and the Unpacked hosts would make it to set
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The flood water meant it was touch and go whether Ant and Dec and the Unpacked hosts would make it to setCredit: Australia Media
Ruth Langsford documented her "interesting" drive to camp
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Ruth Langsford documented her "interesting" drive to campCredit: Instagram
The clip also shows just how treacherous driving conditions got following the torrential downpour.
Speaking on Saturday night's Unpacked, which Ruth has recently been brought in to appear on, Ant and Dec also revealed they had been warned about the flooding, and how it might stop them reaching the set.
Dec said: "We all got a text this morning saying the rain was so bad we might not be able to get in today."
Ant added: "We almost didn't make it in".
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The pair added how part of the trial area had been destroyed by the wet weather, which then impacted filming.
Ant revealed: "[The trial] has been delayed because of the weather. So we will be here for a lot longer today."
And the extent of the water damage is at least partically revealed in Ruth's video.
Sitting in the passenger side of the vehicle, Ruth captions the video: "Interesting drive into camp this morning!!!."
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Her driver can then be seen slowing down significantly to avoid the car being swept away, as he negotiates his way around an overflowing waterfall, which is cascading down the side of the road.
The Loose Women star then makes sure to get a firm grip of the area on top of the glove compartment, as her car is driven towards where the celebs are staying.
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Campmates on Saturday night's I'm A Celebrity were seen struggling to cook dinner as the rain was so heavy, with the downpour so severe it threatened to impact filming.
Dec said: "We just have to make sure that the trial that was scheduled is doable in the area that it was. Everything is a little up in the air here."
Ruth also added further footage from the early hours of the morning showing the heavy rain wasn't easing, which she captioned: "I mean you've got to laugh haven't you, not if you're a campmate obviously."
As she departed from Heathrow airport earlier this week, Ruth shared a snap of her three enormous suitcases, and told her Instagram followers: "Never could travel light!"
She had been backing Loose Women colleague and Sun columnist Jane Moore to triumph on I'm A Celeb, and said she was "gutted" that Jane was the first to be voted out on Friday.
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She said: "I'm so gutted for her, I really am."
Ruth added that she fears the camp will "fall apart" without Jane and asked: "Who's going to do the washing up now?"
Ruth also said on Unpacked that she feels Jane was key in maintaining a harmonious atmosphere among campmates.
She said of Jane: "She says what she thinks and won't change her mind, people saw the caring side of her.
"People are just talking so much more and I think she's been very responsible for that.
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As Jane, 62, left the camp, she suggested that the most workshy campmates would become more obvious, as more celebrities get voted out.
She said: "As people get voted off, it will become more apparent who's not doing the hard work."
The heavy rain also caused part of the trial area to be damaged, delaying filming
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The heavy rain also caused part of the trial area to be damaged, delaying filmingCredit: Australia Media
Ruth's friend and colleague, Sun columnist Jane Moore was the first celebrity voted off
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Ruth's friend and colleague, Sun columnist Jane Moore was the first celebrity voted offCredit: Rex
Ruth showed just how treacherous the conditions were
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Ruth showed just how treacherous the conditions were
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