UK Cumbria Floods
MORE than 1,800 bridges are on the brink of collapse in storm-ravaged Cumbria, experts warned last night.
Six bridges are already down, battered by surging flood water – prompting engineers to fear the others will go within hours.
The deluged town of Workington faced being cut off last night as the storms threatened to wash away the last bridge standing.
More than 20,000 townsfolk faced living on an island without power or gas as experts warned Calva Bridge – their only remaining link with the mainland – was on the brink of collapse.
It has been weakened by three days of torrential rain and 95 mph winds sparking “Biblical’’ scale floods.
The insurance bill for the flood claims in Cumbria and south Scotland is expected to be in the region of £50-100 million, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said on Sunday.
