Elaine and Philip Marco died when their car became submerged in water after heavy rainfall.

Flooding on a Liverpool road where a couple drowned was caused because the sewer network could not “cope” with heavy rainfall, according to a report. Emergency services were called to four other incidents of vehicles being submerged in water in the months leading up to the deaths of Elaine Marco,

Elaine and Philip Marco were loving grandparents who were popular members of their local Jewish community when they died in Liverpool in August 2023

Concerns have been raised about an area of Liverpool where a married couple died in a horror flooding tragedy after an official report was published. On August 26 2023, Elaine and Philip Marco, aged 78 and 77, became trapped in their car in floodwater which had gathered under a bridge in Queens Drive in the Mossley Hill area of south Liverpool.