• Police searching for a missing man recover a body in the River Kent near Kendal, in Cumbria
• A man from Northern Ireland was swept away after his car got stuck in flood water in County Monaghan
• Met Office confirms record-breaking amounts of rain fell in Cumbria, the worst-hit county
• Emergency services continue to evacuate people from their flooded homes
• Many roads remain closed and the West Coast Mainline rail route to Scotland was suspended 
• Around 40 schools were closed in Cumbria and appointments and routine business across NHS hospitals and services were cancelled
• The Environment Agency estimates 5,200 homes have been affected by flooding in Cumbria and Lancaster
• A total of 1,450 properties remain without power in Cumbria
• A fresh loss of power supply to 42,000 homes and businesses in Lancaster, Morecambe and Carnforth took place at 16:00 GMT due to "unforeseen flood damage" at a substation in Lancaster

• Prime Minister David Cameron visited the worst-hit areas and said the flood defences "were not enough"
• He said the government would fully reimburse councils for the costs of dealing with flooding, and ministers would review all flood defence plans 

Electricity North West, external says its engineers have restored power to a further 1,200 customers in Cumbria, although more than 1,450 - the vast majority of them in Carlisle - remain without.

The company said engineers were still trying to access substations across Cumbria  - in some cases by boat - to restore power to the remaining customers.

Storm Desmond is the fourth storm to be given a name by the public in a project by the Met Office and Met Eireann in Ireland to help raise awareness of severe weather. 

There were fresh power cuts on Monday afternoon, affecting 42,000 properties across Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham and Carnforth.

In a statement on Monday night, Electricity North West said, external 19,000 homes in Lancaster were being supplied by generators and plans were in place to begin restoring supply from 08:00 GMT on Tuesday 8 December.

A 70-year-old man from County Tyrone in Northern Ireland has died after his car got trapped in flood water. He has been named as Ivan Vaughan from the village of Caledon.

Irish police say his body was found a short distance away from his car on Monday morning on a cross-border road in County Monaghan.

While much of the attention is focused on Cumbria, there are still warnings in place in Scotland:

The BBC's Lauren Potts has been finding out how complete strangers have been lending a hand and offering support.

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Shop owners in Appleby-in-Westmorland - the first town to be affected by the floods at the weekend - have been speaking of their devastation.

Catherine Hoggins was among them. She had only opened Appleby Barber Shop in Bridge Street last Monday - having relocated from the market arcade, which has escaped much of the damage. 

Jackie Kilpatrick, 58, who runs interior furnishings firm Jak & Co - a new business venture which has only been open four weeks - said many businesses would not be reopening until February. 

The Met Office has released an animation showing how the rainfall affected the UK over the weekend - the bright colours show where Storm Desmond hit. 

BBC weatherman Simon King has posted this dramatic image of a storm heading towards the south of Iceland.

And do Icelanders name their storms like we do? It seems the answer is yes... 

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn - speaking at the Trade Unions for Energy Democracy meeting in Paris - has accused the government of failing to deliver on its promises when it comes to dealing with flooding. 

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The pitch is under water at Carlisle United's Brunton Park stadium - with flood water also covering some of the stands. 

The storm names for this winter were released earlier this year after being chosen by members of the public - here's a reminder of why storms are named, and which other monikers have been selected. 

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Even as light faded, emergency services teams were continuing to rescue residents in Carlisle, where many will face another night away from their own homes.