The flooding resulted from some. In total 4properties were flooded equating to an estimated 16persons. Carlisle district shows a higher proportion of households flooded in more deprived areas.
Flood water by-passed and overtopped the existing defences along the Rivers Eden and Petteril flooding over a thousand residential and business properties across the city and affecting road and rail infrastructure, power and utilities. One town particularly affected was Cockermouth.
This led to flooding in Cumbria. In Kendal, a town of 3000. Cause of Floods Desmond created an atmospheric river in its wake, bringing in moist air from the Caribbean to the British Isles. As a result, rainfall from Desmond was unusually heavy.