Cumbria Towns Evacuated As Storm Desmond Hits

A major incident has been declared in Cumbria after some residents were forced to evacuate their homes in towns effectively cut off by flooding. Cumbria Police officers and mountain rescue teams are helping to take people from their homes in Keswick and Appleby to a centre in a local school. They added that all roads surrounding Keswick are now closed, having been badly affected by the flooding - especially the A66.