On 3 December 2015, parts of west Cumbria including Flimby and Maryport suffered severe flooding.
It was the start of four days of chaos, and heroism, in the Border region, as thousands of homes and businesses were destroyed by Storm Desmond.
This time last year, everybody who wanted to journey through or around Cumbria found that railway lines were closed, roads were unpassable and bridges simply washed away.
The disruption has led some people to call it the worst peacetime disaster ever to hit the UK's road and rail network.
Matthew Taylor has been assessing the ongoing impact to our infrastructure:
A year after last winter's floods, many residents are taking flood protection into their own hands.
It's been one year since the storms hit the Border region - we look at the real cost of the floods in Cumbria.
The event aims to give people a chance to reflect on the floods, which hit the town a year ago.