BBC Weather

BBC Weather's John Hammond has been in Keswick, in Cumbria.

He said: "In terms of rainfall, it's totally dry here now and will generally remain so for the rest of the day, but we are concerned about further rainfall through this week. 

"There is more heavy rain in the forecast for flood affected areas in the next few days and river levels downstream could be adversely affected."

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Mark Pannone, from Cumbria Police, said: "This is an exceptional situation, it's a major incident for Cumbria. 

"The military are helping us with warning and informing people. And we would ask people to listen to what they're saying. 

"And when you're being told to get out of your houses to go to the reception centres, please do because that's the safest thing for you to do."

Ken Leech from Kendal sent us this photo of the A591 north of Dunmail Raise at Thirlmere.

Image source, Ken Leech

Mark McAlindon
BBC Look North

Marion Telford in Workington has seen her house get flooded for the second time. 

"At about 01:00 the water started coming over the wall, it was a bit scar", she said.

"I will now phone my insurance, find somewhere to stay and start again. 

"I had a cry last night but you've got to get on with it. 

"It took us 10 months to get in last time so it will be the end of summer before we get back in."

BBC reporter Christian Fraser has been in Keswick this morning.

He said: "Parts of the town are still cut off and the whole valley floor around Keswick looks like a lagoon. 

"They have had a month's rain in just over 24 hours.

"The water in the River Greta has retreated a couple of feet over past hour in some parts. 

"The town centre is dismal this morning, trees washed up and mud deposited."

A power substation is "quite likely" to be flooded which could leave tens of thousands without power, Cumbria Police say.

The search and rescue mission is continuing with help from the military.

It is likely that the rivers will rise later this afternoon and rescue teams are going house-to-house in Carlisle.

Danny Savage
North of England correspondent

I've been speaking to the Environment Agency and the police here in Carlisle.

They told me they're dealing with "extreme events" after "significant rainfall".

An elderly male may have fallen in the water at the River Kent in Kendal, police say.

Police were called at 10.01 to Staveley Road - and emergency services are working to establish if anyone is in the water.

Motorists are asked to avoid the area and use alternative routes.

Northumbria Police have received a report of a potential gas leak in Prudhoe, Northumberland. At around 10:00 this morning police received of a suspected gas leak from SCA Hygiene on Princess Way. The A695 Princess Road has been closed as a precaution and pedestrians are also advised to avoid the area. Residents in the immediate area are advised to keep windows shut.  

Danny Savage
North of England correspondent

At 22:00 last night they were telling us the water was up to the top of the flood barriers and at about midnight it came spilling over. 

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. 

Danny Savage
North of England correspondent

Coastguards and lifeboats are in the centre of Carlisle. This city has seen it all before but it doesn't make it any easier. 

I left Warwick Road about 01:00 with water rising rapidly. By 09:00 it had spread much further towards the city - this appears to be worse than 2005. 

The Army are 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. They had watched the modern flood defences anxiously for hours. 

Image source, PA

Emily Unia
BBC reporter

The Environment Agency says the deluge of rainfall brought by Storm Desmond may have set a new UK record as well as rendering many flood defences inadequate. 

Hundreds of people have been moved from their homes in northern England and southern Scotland. Tens of thousands of families are without electricity. 

The government's civil emergency committee, Cobra, is meeting to discuss how to deal with the crisis. 

More than 50 severe flood warnings are in place -- meaning there's a risk to life. Cumbria is one of the areas worst affected, and the British Red Cross has set up rest centres in Keswick, Appleby and Kendal. 

Emma Stanley
Reporter, BBC News Online

About 55,000 homes around Lancaster are without power and could be cut off for days after an electricity substation was flooded during Storm Desmond.

Electricity North West said flood defences upgraded five years ago to cope with a "one-in-a-hundred years flood" were breached on Saturday night.  

Image source, Electricity North Wes

Engineers are working with the fire service to determine when it is safe to access the substation in Caton Road.

Operations director Mark Williamson, said it was "fully submerged".   

Stuart David tweeted us these photos of Carlisle.

Earlier he said: "Water pouring over the flood defences at Old Brewery Carlisle into Willowholme.

"River Caldew and Petteril definitely receding."

Image source, Stuart David

Anthony Day
BBC Newcastle

Some cars are under 4ft (1.2m) of water in the south of Corbridge.

The fire brigade is on the way to rescue people trapped in the pub opposite.

Eve Bennett sent us this picture at Newton in Bowland in Lancashire.

Image source, Eve Bennett

If you have any photos tweet them to @BBCNewsNE, external with details of where it is but please make sure you don't put yourself in any danger.    

Dan Potts in Keswick tells us: "Water was still coming over the wall at 04:00, but now has completely gone.

"The river is now back inside defences, just on with the clear up now," he says.

Image source, Dan Potts

Image source, Dan Potts