George Osborne announces £50m fund for flood victimsMet Office warns of further flooding in north-west EnglandGovernment facing criticism over delayed flood defencesStorm Desmond floods: your photos and stories 1.20pm GMTCumbria police is urging the public not to risk their lives by trying to cross flood-damaged bridges in the county. It list 13 bridges damages or completely lost after the floods.
Engineers have checked 72 of 131 valuable Cumbrian bridges identified as needing instant inspection. Rest are due to be checked today 1.09pm GMTKaty Stoddard has been going through the archives to see how our predecessors covered the 1927 floods in the Lake District after the Keppel dam was washed absent in a storm.
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