Cumbria Braces For New Floods Amid Power Cuts

People in areas hit by Storm Desmond are picking up the pieces after a month's rain fell in a handful of hours as others prepare for more flooding to come. People in the Cumbrian county town of Carlisle have been told to leave their homes amid rising river levels a day after residents in parts of Keswick and Appleby were evacuated. Torrential rain and strong winds have caused widespread flooding, road closures and power cuts to tens of thousands of homes in the northwest of E