The storm has caused a lot of damage in the area and I've just read of a police officer who is missing following the collapse of the Northside Bridge in Workington. This picture was published online today by the News & Star.
Living on the top of a ridge as we do it is hard to imagine ever being flooded but so many people in West Cumbria live close to rivers or the sea. Blennerhasset not far from here is flooded as are Cockermouth, Keswick and parts of Workington. There are other bridges down and warnings have gone out not to view the floods from bridges because the rivers are running so strongly engineers are not able to assess how stable they are.
This great storm has been as bad, if not worse, than the great storm of 2005. The RAF and Army have been helping rescue flood victims and the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has pledged Government support to clear up the aftermath.
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