2009 Cumbria floods

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The 2009 Cumbria floods were a severe flooding disaster in northwest England that caused widespread damage, infrastructure collapse, and the evacuation of thousands of residents across towns including Cockermouth and Workington.

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2009 Cumbria floods canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf disaster in 2009 ⓘ
flood ⓘ
floods in the United Kingdom ⓘ
weather event ⓘ
affectedArea Cockermouth ⓘ
Derwent Valley ⓘ
Keswick ⓘ
River Cocker catchment ⓘ
River Derwent catchment ⓘ
Workington ⓘ
consequence closure of schools ⓘ
disruption of transport links ⓘ
evacuation of residents ⓘ
power outages ⓘ
coordinateLocation 54.66°N 3.36°W ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
damage bridge collapses ⓘ
flooded businesses ⓘ
flooded homes ⓘ
infrastructure collapse ⓘ
road damage ⓘ
describedBySource Environment Agency reports ⓘ
UK Met Office reports ⓘ
endTime 2009-11-20 ⓘ
followedBy substantial recovery and rebuilding efforts in Cumbria ⓘ
hasAftermath improvements to flood warning systems ⓘ
review of flood defences in Cumbria ⓘ
hasEffectOn Cockermouth town centre ⓘ
Workington road network ⓘ
bridges over River Cocker ⓘ
bridges over River Derwent ⓘ
locatedIn Cumbria ⓘ
England ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
mainCause River Cocker flooding ⓘ
River Derwent flooding ⓘ
heavy rainfall ⓘ
prolonged rainfall ⓘ
notableFatality PC Bill Barker ⓘ
numberOfDeaths 1 ⓘ
partOf 2009 United Kingdom floods ⓘ
pointInTime November 2009 ⓘ
significance one of the worst floods recorded in Cumbria ⓘ
significantEvent collapse of Northside Bridge in Workington ⓘ
rescue operations by emergency services ⓘ
startTime 2009-11-18 ⓘ
timePeriod early 21st century ⓘ

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Cockermouth → sufferedEvent → 2009 Cumbria floods ⓘ