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EYE witnesses described seeing blue lights just after midnight as firefighters worked to rescue a property from flooding. Carlisle West Fire Station received the call at 10.45pm on Tuesday after rising water levels threatened the electrics at a home in the Court Yard in Moorhouse, a village to the west of the city. A spokesman for the Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service said the water, which was a number of inches deep, was pumped into a nearby field. We saw the blue lights and we assumed that it was someone who was not well so I cam down and saw the fire engine and firemen running around, described one of the neighbours of the affected property. ....
Flood warnings and alerts were issued overnight and remain in place today (Tuesday, January 12) for parts of the North-East and North Yorkshire FLOOD warnings have been issued for parts of the region due to rising river levels caused by rainfall and melting snow. The Environment Agency issued a series of flood alerts last night and some warnings have already been activated, mostly around Teesside and North Yorkshire. Showers overnight and this morning have seen flood warnings put in place at various locations on the Rivers Esk, Seven, Derwent and Ouse. The areas of concern included properties in Lealholm, adjacent to the River Esk, and people were urged to avoid using low lying footpaths and roads near local watercourses, from Briggswath to Ruswarp. ....