Rivers burst their banks, homes were flooded and left without power, roads were closed and left whole communities cut off. We take a look back at the pictures we took at the time, and during the following clean-up.


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The weather caused rivers to burst their banks, homes to be flooded and left without power, roads closed and whole communities cut off

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The Environment Agency issued seven rare ‘red’ weather warnings, indicating a threat to life, in Ribchester, Chorley, Longridge, and around the Ribble Valley as every river in Lancashire reached record highs

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Evacuation centres were set up around the county to help families stranded by the chaos
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