Rescued women in good spiritspublished at 10:48
These women were clearly looking on the lighter side of having to be rescued from a flooded street in Carlisle by members of the emergency services.
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Police searching for a missing man find a body in the River Kent near Kendal, in Cumbria
Met Office confirms record rainfall fell on Cumbria in 24 hours - 341.4mm
As many as 5,000 homes in Northern England and southern Scotland flooded
Power has been lost to 42,000 properties in the Lancaster area and more than 1,400 in Cumbria are also without power
Schools closed and hospital services cancelled. Road and rail travel also disrupted
David Cameron has visited the flood-hit region and has chaired an emergency Cobra meeting
Rescued women in good spiritspublished at 10:48
Image source, PAMap shows stark difference in UK rainfallpublished at 10:47 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2015
BBC weather forecaster tweets:
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End of twitter post'No protection against all flooding'published at 10:28
David Rooke, deputy chief executive of the Environment Agency, tells the BBC that there can never be a 100% level of flooding protection for the whole UK.
"Our focus at the moment is to concentrate on helping people now. So we've mobilised all our resources. We've brought people up from the south to help in the north.
"Certainly my sympathy goes out to all of those who've been affected. We've invested a lot of money, and so have the local people in Keswick in providing better protection, but no country in the world can ever all its people and all its property against all flooding."
Carlisle battles through yet another floodpublished at 10:19
Danny Savage
North of England correspondentQuote MessageCarlisle has seen it all before but it doesn't make it any easier. I left Warwick Road about 1am this morning with water rising rapidly. By 9am it had spread much further towards the city - this appears to be worse than 2005. The army is here to help, after the police went wading door to door in the early hours making sure residents were at least safe. Later, rescue teams with boats arrived to move those people who did want to leave. Thousands of properties are without electricity - a hospital in Lancaster is running on generator power and there are worries about a substation in Carlisle. Residents are being told to keep phones fully charged now - if that substation goes, 60,000 properties could be left without power.
Met Office warnings end for Sundaypublished at 10:08
The Met Office no longer has any weather warnings for Sunday, but a number are still in force for Monday.
Flooding scenes from around Carlislepublished at 10:08
Niall Gowanlock has sent in scenes from around Carlisle, taken earlier this morning.
Image source, Niall Gowanlock
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Image source, Niall GowanlockPower cut advice from Electricity North Westpublished at 09:48 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2015
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End of twitter postScenes of heavy flooding in Carlislepublished at 09:48
Residents and emergency services in Carlisle have been coming to terms this morning with the severe flooding there.
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Image source, PAScotland deals with Storm Desmondpublished at 09:47
Our colleagues in Scotland have a news story running about the flooding and problems being caused by Storm Desmond there. You'll find it here.
Water levels falling in Lancasterpublished at 09:41
Image source, John GrayWater levels on the River Wyre and the River Lune in Lancaster peaked on Saturday evening and are now falling, according to the Environment Agency.
The rivers will remain high throughout Sunday but no further property flooding is expected. The River Ribble has also peaked and is being monitored.
Carlisle view shows extent of floodingpublished at 09:41 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2015
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End of twitter postElectricity substations at risk in Carlislepublished at 09:29 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2015
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End of twitter postAerial views of Carlisle floodingpublished at 09:22
This image of a heavily-flooded Carlisle was sent in by Bob Stinger. He's a pilot and flight instructor, hence the lofty views of the landscape.
Image source, Bob StingerMet Office issues rainfall updatespublished at 09:22
Here's the Met Office's latest updates on how much rain has fallen in the worst-hit areas of the UK:
Shap - 263mm
Keswick - 178mm
Eskdalemuir - 139mm
Capel Curig - 170mm
Glasgow - 114mm
Scottish flood warnings remain in placepublished at 09:22
A reminder that two severe flood warnings, external remain in place in Hawick and Newcastleton from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, which has also issued a further 75 less severe warnings.
Cumbria gets emergency generatorpublished at 09:08 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2015
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End of twitter postDebris washes up in Appelbypublished at 09:08 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2015
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End of twitter post'Force of nature can't be stopped'published at 08:58
BBC News ChannelCouncillor Stuart Marshall, of the Scottish Borders Council, said preparations had been made to combat flooding in Hawick, but the rain could still not be stopped.
Quote MessageScottish Borders Council did a fantastic job yesterday. Over the past two days actually, I chair the volunteer flood group. As for sandbags, it was no problem at all. We, the flood group, put out something like 2,000 sandbags over a 24-hour period, and I think the council deployed maybe another 1,500. But it just couldn't stop the force of nature I'm afraid."
Carlisle's river levels set to peakpublished at 08:55 Greenwich Mean Time 6 December 2015
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