North of England Floods

Boxing day is usually a day of recovering from or continuing with the excesses of Christmas Day.  For many parts of the UK the month of December has been one long nightmare.  First Desmond and now Eva have dropped their rainfall onto large parts of the UK with the North of England causing widespread flooding.

The two maps below show live flood warnings for December 26th at around 10pm.  These are taken from the Environment Agency and you can see below just how many warnings were in place.

Obviously there is a huge amount of news coverage, making it difficult to sum up everything. .  The BBC introduction gives you some idea of the devastation.  Below you will find some news sites below to get a real understanding of what is happening

BBC Live reports Sunday December 27th
Guardian Live reports Sunday December 27th
Pinterest Board about the floods