Cumbria under water

LAST UPDATED AT 16:59 ON Fri 20 Nov 2009

RNLI rescuers evacuate a woman from the town centre of Cockermouth today, where the high street has been transformed into a treacherous river after unprecedented rainfall. Water flow of up to 20 knots swept cars away.

A policeman has drowned after floods in Cumbria
described as a ‘one in a 1,000 year event’

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Floods
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