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Looking back: Five years since floods hit the region

This week ITV Border are looking back at the floods in 2009 which affected thousands of people in a wide area, from Cockermouth and Keswick to Appleby and Dumfries.

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New flood defences have 'significantly' reduced risk

It's five years since the floods started that devastated parts of Cumbria.

Cockermouth, Keswick and Workington were worst affected as torrential rain lead to hundreds of homes and businesses being flooded and bridges destroyed.

The Environment Agency has spent millions of pounds on new flood defences but says it can never entirely eliminate the risk.

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