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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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2009 floods - the economic cost

The floods caused about £300 million of damage in Cumbria alone.

Some businesses were pushed to the brink and not all were covered by insurance.

Katie Hunter's report starts at Wordsworth House and Garden in Cockermouth.

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