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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Residents in Croston, Walton-le-Dale, Ribchester and eastern parts of the county, who had been opening their Christmas presents just hours before were told to evacuate their homes as water filled the streets on Boxing Day.
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Mum-of-two Sophie Wilding, who lives on Victoria Road in Walton-le-Dale, said: “We were all told to leave by the police."
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“The River Ribble breached about three fields back on one side of our house and our garden was flooded.”
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