Updates on Friday 4 December 2015
The cloud will thicken and showers will move in this afternoon. The wind will increase steadily, and heavy rain will arrive this evening. The high this afternoon will be around 50F (10C)
A number of weather warnings have been issued for the weekend. You can see the warnings and an updated forecast for where you are here.
The Environment Agency posts its flood warnings here., external
- Roads and rail hit by floods
- Mum threatened with deportation after 10 years in UK
- Health Secretary launches Cumbrian campaigner's book
James Phillips
BBC Radio Cumbria Sport
On-loan defender Mark Ellis has told BBC Radio Cumbria Sport he would be interested in joining Carlisle United from Shrewsbury permanently.
The 27-year-old should be involved in Sunday's FA Cup tie at Welling, having extended his loan into the new year.
Martin Lewes
Reporter
It happened on Tuesday and measured just 1.1 on the Richter Scale, external - far below the level at which anyone's likely to have felt anything.
Flash floods inundated homes, roads and a railway line in a small area of West Cumbria last night. It was just too much rain in a short period, according to the Environment Agency.
Quote MessageThere was 40mm (1.5in) or more in three or four hours and often the road drainage and small watercourses can't handle that amount of rainfall, and that's why you get these hotspots of flash flooding."
Andy Brown, Environment Agency flood risk manager
BBC Travel
The A595 is still closed while Highways England engineers deal with flooding between Thursby Roundabout in Allerdale and Belle Vue Roundabout in Papcastle.
There's a diversion in operation on the A596.
Electricity cables dating back to the 1930s are to be replaced in Grange-over-Sands.
Image source, Electricity North WestLess than one mile of cable is involved, but it supplies nearly 1,000 people and replacing it will cost £137,000. Work should start in the new year.
Network Rail says two landslips and four lots of flood water are blocking the Cumbria coast line between Carlisle and Workington.
Image source, Network RailNorthern Rail's running replacement buses, but that service has been hampered because some roads are still flooded.
Martin Frobisher, Network Rail's route managing director, said they are trying get services running as soon as possible, but they can only reopen the line once engineers are certain it is safe.
In-Cumbria Magazine
Newspaper
The Carlisle singer Matt Pagan, who's a member of the boyband Collabro, is giving a special performance at the city's Sands Centre tonight.
Image source, Getty ImagesHe'll join local school children in a concert to raise money for the Eden Valley Hospice., external
Matt says the hospice cared for his grandfather before he died in 2013.
You've been giving us your thoughts after flooding again affected large parts of the county.
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Bob Cooper
Political reporter, BBC Cumbria
A woman living in Carlisle says she's living in fear of being deported because of a three-year delay in processing her application to stay in the UK.
Nadiya McWhirter has been in the UK for almost 10 years, arriving on a work visa, which has now lapsed.
Since then she's had two children and married their British father.
In a statement the Home Office told BBC Radio Cumbria that all applications are considered on their individual merits, including any exceptional circumstances, and in line with the immigration rules. Those found to have no right to be in the UK will be asked to leave.
There's a dry and bright morning to come for most, byut becoming steadily cloudier with a few showers possible.
The temperature will reach about 52F(11). There's a weather warning for sever gales tonight.
You can keep up with the latest forecasts, including weather warnings, here.
Cumberland News
Newspaper
Image source, Cumberland News
- Temperatures at 3,000 feet: Up to 3C.
- Winds: Gale force westerly, gusts 50mph, turning SW with gusts 80mph later.
- Cloud: Patchy hill fog down to 500m (1,600ft).
- Visibility: Moderate or poor in rain, but locally good in any clearer slots.
- Freezing level: around the summits
BBC Travel
The B5300 Main Street is closed between the Wigton Road junction in Allonby and the A596 junction in Maryport, because of flooding.
The A595 is still closed in Wigton this morning. This is what it was like when the beck flooded at Burnfoot last night.
Image source, Matthew EdenMatthew Eden sent this picture to our Facebook page., external How bad was it where you are?
BBC Travel
The A689 in Carlisle is blocked at the Kingmoor Road junction because of flooding.
The A595 is closed at Wigton because of flooding. All A595 traffic is being diverted via the A596.
Flash flooding swept water into homes and over roads in West Cumbria last night.
Fire crews received 220 calls between 17:30 and 22:00. Maryport and Flimby were particularly badly hit.
Quote MessageAll the neighbours were rallying round, running up and down the street grabbing sandbags. But you just couldn't stop the water."
Sean Pattinson, Grasslot, Maryport
There are weather warnings for severe gales and heavy rain this weekend.
The Environment Agency also has flood warnings in place for Cumbria this morning and you can see the latest updates here., external
BBC Travel
A landslip at Wigton's closed the tracks west of Carlisle. Replacement buses are running to Workington.
On the roads, the A595 is closed in both directions between Belle Vue Roundabout in Cockermouth and Thursby Roundabout in Thursby.
And Cross Country trains into Scotland are disrupted because of problems on the Frth Road crossing.
