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Flooding in Cumbria, England
Thursday, November 22, 2012 11:14
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-Heavy rainfall caused flooding in South Cumbria.
-The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for Cumbria.
-Train services affected in Barrow, Whitehaven and Carlisle, and Barrow through to Preston and Lancaster.
-Flood alert also issued for Upper Derwent, from Seathwaite to Derwentwater. Public transport has been affected near Barrow and Ulverston in Cumbria.
-Following Met Office, windy weather is expected to move west to east across many parts of the UK today. Around 35.5mm of rain expected to fall in Cumbria today.
-Rivers burst their banks in Croston and Darwen and caused flooding in Carlisle/Cumbria in June too.
-Great Britain and Ireland floods 2009 caused worst damage in Cumbria.
Source: Recent natural disasters
