A flood damaged bridge in Backbarrow, Cumbria
On Thursday 19th November 2009 over 31cm of rain fell in 24 hours on the Cumbrian mountains. The single largest rainfall total in the British Isles since records began. It caused unprecedented flooding, with Cockermouth being particularly badly hit after both the Cocker and Derwent burst their banks. The main street was 5 feet underwater and £millions worth of damage was caused. Here the flooding river Leven that empties Lake Windermere, at the bridge at Backbarrow has swept the parapets off the bridge after it was overwhelmed. It is now one of many bridges closed across Cumbria as a result of the floods
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