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Environment chiefs visit flood-hit Cumbria

Released 20 November: Environment Agency Chairman Lord Chris Smith has joined the Secretary of State Hilary Benn in Cockermouth this morning where the worst of the flooding hit Cumbria overnight.

Emergency services continued evacuations, some by helicopter, through the night with severe flooding in Cockermouth and Keswick where flood defences were overwhelmed by record rainfall. The Environment Agency gauging station at Seathwaite Farm recorded 314.4mm over 24 hours until 00.45 this morning – a record for England.

Environment Agency Chairman Lord Chris Smith said: “This is an extremely serious incident – our thoughts are with those people whose homes have been flooded.

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