'The power of the river shouldn't be underestimated. Everything was ok until it suddenly wasn't.'
Shocking footage shows the moment rivers in Cumbria burst their banks after torrential downpours.
An amber alert for heavy rain covering Cumbria is in force until 11.59pm, while a yellow rain alert stretching across Yorkshire and the Humber kicks in from midnight until 3pm tomorrow.Joseph Hill, who lives in Cockermouth, Cumbria, filmed the River Cocker bursting its banks. High water levels in Cockermouth, Cumbria, where the Met office has warned of life-threatening floods supports HTML5 video
Cumbria and South Lakes Police warned some roads were impassable and urged people not to take unnecessary risks.
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