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Contact us Advertise with us Cumbria Crack app About us. She said: "If we hadn't have had that, [the water] would have been in the house without doubt. Volunteers from Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team helped bring some who were trapped by the high water, including two holidaymakers and their dog, to safety. Tom Durcan from the group said the situation had now eased.
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Environment Agency. Mountain rescue volunteers brought holidaymakers and their dog to safety. Image source, PA Media. In a message to employees, the company warned detours would be needed around road closures on the A at Duddon Bridge, Santon Bridge and Holmrook and that Millom was reported to be unreachable by road. Nine flood warnings where flooding is expected and 15 flood alerts where it is possible were in place on Friday morning.
In the 24 hours to on Thursday Honister Pass saw The River Rothay was among those that burst their banks. River Rothay at Miller Bridge House. Quite a bit more watter this morning. Think the road might be closed. Transpennine Express has advised people not to travel on the West Coast Main Line unless essential and has lifted ticket restrictions until the weekend.
Phil James from Network Rail told BBC Radio Cumbria on Thursday that the heavy rain was "widespread" so it was "likely to affect many rail routes over the next few days" and urged people to check National Rail Enquiries for travel details. Richard Warren from the Lake District Search and Mountain Rescue Association warned people not to go fell walking during the current conditions. He said: "It's half-term, Scafell Pike is a bit of a honey pot, there were a lot of walkers out on the road looking very, very wet, the car park had quite a few cars in, so people may have gone up Scafell Pike when the rivers were low.
Stewart Mounsey, the Environment Agency's flood risk manager for Cumbria said: "We expect river levels to be peaking this afternoon, the quicker responding ones, and then obviously the River Eden is even bigger so we'll see that responding Friday into Saturday.
Environment Agency teams were monitoring the effect of the rain on rivers, focusing on western and southern parts of the county, "making sure flood defences work", he said. Alan Goodman, from the Met Office, said the rain was "on the wane slowly as today unfolds".
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