UK Severe Flooding: Threat To Life Warning

The Environment Agency has issued severe flood warnings - indicating a risk to life - in northern England this weekend. There are fears of "significant river flooding" as a band of torrential rain sweeps across the UK, drenching already saturated ground. The Environment Agency has issued 11 severe flood warnings , mostly in and around the towns of Egremont and Kendal, on opposite sides of the Lake District.