2015 Cumbria floods

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The 2015 Cumbria floods were a series of severe flooding events in Cumbria, England, caused by extreme rainfall from Storm Desmond that led to widespread damage to homes, infrastructure, and communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf flood ⓘ
weather event ⓘ
affectedArea Appleby-in-Westmorland ⓘ
Carlisle ⓘ
Cockermouth ⓘ
Glenridding ⓘ
Kendal ⓘ
Keswick ⓘ
Workington ⓘ
associatedWith Environment Agency flood warnings ⓘ
Met Office red weather warnings ⓘ
climateContext discussed in context of climate change and extreme weather in the UK ⓘ
linked to unusually moist Atlantic airflows ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
followedBy subsequent winter flooding in northern England ⓘ
hasCause Storm Desmond ⓘ
extreme rainfall ⓘ
hasConsequence bridge damage ⓘ
evacuation of residents ⓘ
power outages ⓘ
railway disruption ⓘ
road closures ⓘ
locatedIn Cumbria ⓘ
England ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
mainImpact damage to homes ⓘ
damage to infrastructure ⓘ
disruption to communities ⓘ
widespread flooding ⓘ
partOf 2015–2016 United Kingdom and Ireland floods ⓘ
linked to: 2015 Cumbria floods
prompted deployment of military assistance ⓘ
government emergency response ⓘ
public appeals for donations ⓘ
review of flood defences in Cumbria ⓘ
record near-record rainfall totals in Cumbria ⓘ
riverInvolved River Cocker ⓘ
River Derwent ⓘ
River Eden ⓘ
River Greta ⓘ
River Kent ⓘ
startTime 2015-12 ⓘ
timePeriod December 2015 ⓘ

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Cockermouth → sufferedEvent → 2015 Cumbria floods ⓘ
Boxing Day floods 2015 → partOf → 2015–2016 United Kingdom and Ireland floods ⓘ
linked to: 2015 Cumbria floods
2015 Cumbria floods → partOf → 2015–2016 United Kingdom and Ireland floods ⓘ
linked to: 2015 Cumbria floods