I’m A Celebrity jungle flooded after four days of heavy tropical rain as the continuous downpour causes havoc on roads surrounding the camp
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A steady downpour has flooded the I’m A Celebrity jungle, putting the safety of the contestants at risk after they camped there for less than a week.
Heavy tropical rain has been battering the camp since Monday, when the first thunder and lightning storm struck.
The weather has been so rough that trees have fallen and blocked the road to the campsite and you can see four by four vehicles battling through the flooded rivers.
It comes after a show insider told MailOnline: ‘The jungle camp can’t handle this level of rain and the thing is, when it rains like this it’s not fun for anyone involved. In fact, it’s miserable. It dampens the atmosphere and ultimately ruins the show.”
When it rains so heavily, campmates usually hide in the Bush Telegraph – the hut where they talk to the camera – to shelter from most of the rain.
The storm will end today and campmates will enjoy about four days of dry weather. This will no doubt quell ITV’s fears that a celebrity could walk away due to the rain making life miserable in the camp.
A steady rainstorm has flooded the I’m A Celebrity jungle, threatening the safety of contestants after they camped there for less than a week
The weather has been so rough that trees have fallen and blocked the road to the campsite and you can see four-by-four vehicles fighting through the flooded rivers
It comes after McFly’s Danny Jones admitted: ‘Since it’s raining I haven’t washed. Don’t fight it, just stink! What do spiders do? They don’t get up to shower, do they? They just say ‘I’m going out for a day’ (photo)
In last night’s episode, Ant and Dec hid under umbrellas between filming and tried to make light of the situation by joking: ‘It’s raining Koalas and Dingoes in here.’
Meanwhile, the site at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, where last year’s participants Tony Bellew and Frankie Dettori were photographed with real koalas, has been completely flooded.
Rain causes serious complications to the show, flooding key locations and risking making camp life extra tough for the participants, potentially forcing them to quit.
It comes after McFly’s Danny Jones admitted: ‘Since it’s raining I haven’t washed. Don’t fight it, just stink! What do spiders do? They don’t get up to shower, do they? They just say: ‘I’m going out for a day’.
While the production staff can control how much food the participants receive and can always ensure that they stay healthy by getting at least the minimum intake of calories per day through their rice and beans, weather is an uncontrollable and potentially ruinous factor.
Although there is a retractable canopy 50 feet in the air above the camp, which prevents the stars from getting soaked and keeps the campfire lit, it does not cover the entire camp.
The ITV series’ regular presenters Ant and Dec, both 49, revealed that droplets slide from the canopy and fall on the celebrities as they sleep.
Meanwhile, the site at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, where last year’s participants Tony Bellew and Frankie Dettori were photographed with real koalas, has been completely flooded (pictured)
Rain causes serious complications to the show, flooding key locations and risking making camp life extra tough for the participants, which could prompt them to quit (camp pictured during storm in 2017)
Persistent rainfall is taking its toll on the campmates’ morale as last year’s food critic Grace Dent (pictured), 51, and Britney Spears’ sister Jamie-Lynn both left the show early
It was later revealed that Ms Spears had left after the campmates had to shelter for hours in the cramped Bush Telegraph hut due to the severe wet weather (pictured)
A source added to MailOnline: ‘Much of the camp is unsheltered – it’s not like the roof of Wimbledon!’
Persistent rainfall is taking its toll on the campmates’ morale as last year’s food critic Grace Dent, 51, and Britney Spears’ sister Jamie-Lynn both left the show early.
It was later revealed that Ms Spears had left after the campmates had to shelter in the cramped Bush Telegraph hut for hours due to the severe wet weather.
If current conditions continue, it is likely that the celebrities will be evacuated for safety reasons, as we have seen in previous years.