Cumbria is still feeling the effects after the county was deluged with heavy rain.
Rain overnight on Wednesday and into yesterday caused chaos on the roads, with flood alerts and warnings issued.
The Met Office also issued a weather warning for rain.
Several schools closed and people were rescued after becoming trapped due to flooding.
Early yesterday, the M6 closed northbound between Penrith and Carlisle due to flooding and the Cumbria Coast Line between Whitehaven and Carlisle saw all trains cancelled as the track flooded.
Cumbria Local Resilience Forum met yesterday afternoon as the adverse weather conditions worsened.
Storm Claudia is set to roll in further south in the UK today, Friday November 14, with warnings issued for rain and wind. However, there are no weather warnings from the Met Office for Cumbria for today.
What’s happening today?
Roads
The latest official roads update we have is from Cumberland Council at 7.55pm yesterday, Thursday November 13.
Cumberland Council’s highways teams have worked to keep roads clear throughout yesterday and last night, and have responded to over 200 calls so far.
Roads closed (7.55pm)
- Kingmoor Road, Carlisle at Etterby Bridge.
- St Ninians Bridge, Carlisle
- The road from the A69 Hayton lane end to Hayton village.
- Church Road, Warwick Bridge closed due to flooding by St Paul’s Church.
- B6263 Steeles Bank, Wetheral.
- Little Corby Road from Newby East to Little Corby.
- Oulton to Kirkbride
Car park closures
- Caldew Riverside car park, Carlisle closed until further notice
- Castle Car park, Carlisle (formerly Devonshire Walk)
- West Walls car park, Carlisle
Roads reopened
- A594 open at Ellenborough Road, Maryport outside Tesco.
- A596 outside the Police Station on Hall Brow, Workington
- Dalston Road, Carlisle
- Buckabank to Durdar Road at Pow Bank.
- A595 outside Greenhill Hotel at Red Dial
- Mealpot Road, Maryport.
- Barras Lane, Dalston between Barras Lane Indst Est and A595 Cardewlees.
- A6071 Longtown Road, Brampton closed outside the Police Station.
- A596 Wigton Bypass
- Wreay Road beneath Low Hurst Motorway Bridge.
- Viaduct Estate Road, Carlisle at the Castle Way end.
- B5301 at Arkleby Mill.
- Baggrow to Blennerhasset Road.
- B5322 Townfield Bridge Threlkeld.
- B5300 Coast Road, Allonby
Public transport
Train passengers are urged to check before they travel today.
train operators say poor weather is likely to impact journeys across the country until Saturday.
Trains were cancelled today, Thursday November 13, on the Carlisle to Barrow line due to flooding and all trains will be cancelled tomorrow, Friday November 14.
There have been reports of flooding at various locations between Carlisle and Whitehaven.
Poor weather has caused multiple signalling faults and a potential landslip.
Network Rail engineers were on site yesterday.
Due to adverse road conditions, rail replacement buses will not be provided.
A speed restriction due to severe weather is also in place between Lockerbie and Oxenholme. Trains running between these stations may be delayed by up 30 minutes or revised.
This will affect services operated by Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express.
TransPennine Express will run an amended timetable from 1pm today, Friday, November 14. It said Glasgow Central and Manchester Airport/Liverpool Lime Street services will be revised to only run between Glasgow Central and Preston.
Network Rail teams are preparing for extremely heavy rain elsewhere in the country.
Schools closed in Cumbria
Several schools were closed yesterday due to flooding.
It appears the majority will reopen but please check with your school for its decision.
Schools closed today, Friday November 14, include:
- St Bridget’s School, Cockermouth, will remain closed until further notice.
- Blennerhasset School – it will liaise with the local authority to assess water damage. It aims to reopen on Monday, November 17.
- Wigton Nursery and Infant School will reopen on Monday, November 17.
Flood warnings and alerts for Cumbria
Flood warnings and alerts have been issued for Cumbria. At the peak of the bad weather yesterday, 20 flood warnings were in force.
Flood warnings
- Keswick Campsite
- River Eden at Carlisle, Rickerby Park, Swifts and Stoneyholme Golf Courses
- River Eden at Warwick Holmes
Flood alerts
10 flood alerts are in place for Cumbria.
This means flooding is possible.
- Lower River Eden
- Middle River Eden
- River Rede
- Rivers Brathay, Rothay and Winster
- Rivers Caldew and Petteril
- Rivers Cocker, Marron and Derwent
- Rivers Esk and Irthing
- Rivers Lowther and Eamont
- Upper River Derwent, Stonethwaite Beck and Derwent Water
- Upper River Eden
Flood warnings and alerts removed
- Little Caldew at Carlisle
- River Caldew and Eden at Carlisle, Willowholme, Caldewgate, Shaddongate
- River Caldew at Carlisle, Denton Holme, Bousteads Grassing, James Street
- River Caldew at Carlisle, Viaduct Estate Road area
- River Caldew at Cummersdale, Factory
- River Eden at Appleby, The Sands, Cricket ground, King George’s Field
- River Ellen at Blennerhasset and Baggrow
- River Eden at Bolton
- River Eden and Caldew at Carlisle, Devonshire Walk, West Coast Mainline, Bitts Park, Cricket Club
- Rivers Ehen, Calder, Irt and Esk
- River Greta at Keswick, Keswick Campsite, Rugby Club and Quinta
- Rivers Greta, St John’s Beck and Bassenthwaite Lake
- River Wyre at Harrington
- River Roe and River Ive from Highbridge to Stockdalewath
- Speet Gill at Wigton, Burnfoot
- Rivers Wampool and Ellen
- River Tyne
- Whelpo Beck, Gill Beck and Cald Beck at Caldbeck
- Wiza Beck and Black Beck at Wigton, Station Road
- Wiza Beck, Flosh Beck, Speet Gill and Black Beck at Wigton
- Lower River Lune and Conder
- Upper River Aire catchment area
- Upper River Lune
- Upper River Ure
- Upper River Wharfe
- Rivers Kent and Bela
- Rivers Duddon, Crake and Mill Beck
- Upper River Tees
- Upper River Wear
Other
Due to the bad weather, Carlisle Market is cancelled today, Friday November 14.
Cumberland Council said the choice had been made with the safety of visitors, traders, and contractors its top priority.
