In Cockermouth, the town was strewn with debris churned up by the rushing torrents of water. Smashed shop windows were a testimony to the force of the flood and a thick paste of sludge and silt covered the roads.
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Cumbria: Brown pays tribute to ‘brilliant’ rescue workers
Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday travelled to Cumbria to see the devastation caused by the “Biblical” flooding which killed a policeman and damaged more than 1,000 homes.
