Bringing you the latest news on the situation in Cumbria on Wednesday 9 December 2015 after Storm Desmond.

Residents in Cumbria are cleaning up after being hit by flooding for a third time in just over a fortnight as Storm Eva is forecast to batter the region with rain and winds up to 70mph over Christmas.

In Appleby, in east Cumbria, more than two feet of floodwater swamped the parish church after flood defences — for which the community paid £50,000 — were breached. The churchyard of St Peter’s, ...

Lancaster, Cumbria floods are prompting British engineers to scramble to restore electricity in northwestern England.

Eighty-five percent of Britain’s temporary flood barriers are now in use in Cumbria, along with four huge pumps that can move a ton of water a second. Some 20 others are also in action.

A man by Pooley Bridge in Ullswater, Cumbria surveys the damage after it collapsed following heavy flooding. Credit: Press Association Flooding is the biggest threat that the UK faces as a result ...

A new scientific review of the winter floods of 2015/2016 confirms that the event was one of the most extreme and severe hydrological events of the last century. The new hydrological appraisal ...

These extraordinary pictures show the devastating effects of flooding in Cumbria. An estimated 1,600 homes could now be breached, following intense downpours in the county overnight.