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Residents of one of the towns most badly hit by recent flooding have been told by police they can move back to their homes and businesses. | Residents of one of the towns most badly hit by recent flooding have been told by police they can move back to their homes and businesses. |
Police said owners of the 900 properties affected in Cockermouth in Cumbria could return, although the town would not yet be opened to the public. | |
However at least 25 roads and 16 bridges in Cumbria remain closed. | |
Flood warnings are in force in 22 areas of the UK but forecasters say Monday's showers should not raise river levels. | Flood warnings are in force in 22 areas of the UK but forecasters say Monday's showers should not raise river levels. |
Ch Supt Steve Johnson, of Cumbria Police, told BBC News: "We understand it will be a very emotional time, people will see for the first time the full effect of what has gone on here." | Ch Supt Steve Johnson, of Cumbria Police, told BBC News: "We understand it will be a very emotional time, people will see for the first time the full effect of what has gone on here." |
Five secondary schools and 13 primaries in the county remain shut, with many homes and businesses still cut off. | |
However river levels in Cumbria have subsided and now just one of the warnings is "severe" - indicating a threat of "extreme danger to life and property". It applies to parts of the River Eamont. | |
Six flood warnings apply to Scotland, 10 to north-west England and two to the Midlands. | |
Four have been issued for Wales where, in Powys, a search has resumed for a 21-year-old woman who was swept along the River Usk in Brecon on Saturday night. | |
There has also been a Met Office warning for localised flooding in western counties of Northern Ireland. |