When did the Cumbria flood of 2009 begin, and what was this caused by?
Dude it starts around November 14, 2009 It was a weather event affecting parts of Great Britain and Ireland throughout November 2009. The worst affected areas were the English county of Cumbria and the Irish counties of Cork and Galway. European windstorms bringing heavy rain and gale force winds caused damage and flooding to the south of Great Britain on 13–14 November. Unsettled weather continued across the south and later to the north. On 19–20 November, many towns and villages in Cumbria and Dumfries and Galloway were affected. A number of bridges collapsed, one of which led to the death of a police officer, who was standing on the bridge when it collapsed. Another death occurred on 21 November as a canoeist was trapped against a tree near Poundsgate, on Dartmoor in Devon. Among the many places severely flooded was Ireland’s second largest city, Cork. On 23 November 2009, 40 per cent of Cork was without running water as a water treatment plant was under several metres of water. Uni
