Lifeboat crews worked through the night taking residents to rescue centres in Cockermouth.
Rescue teams spent the night patrolling flooded streets in the Cumbria town.
A woman was taken to safety in an RNLI dinghy.
An RNLI team from Teesside was drafted in to help with the evacuation.
Mountain rescue teams joined lifeboat crews to help evacuate homes.
A resident was winched to safety as flood waters continued to rise in Cockermouth.
Rescue teams used boats to search for those still stranded in the floods.
Shops in Cockermouth High Street were badly flooded.
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