Keswick’s volunteer army rally to battle flooding

NEWS EXTRA
By LUKE JARMYN

A NUMBER of clubs in Cumbria had their plans thrown up in the air this week with one suffering heavy flood damage after a near record amount of rainfall within 24 hours.
A month’s worth of rain and rising water levels saw Keswick RFC’s pitch and clubhouse suffer as much as four inches of standing water on Thursday – only slowing due to firefighters dredging the ground for more than six hours.
The Lake District club was one of a number of sites that suffered in the region with more than 12 inches of rain falling over Wednesday and Thursday....

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