storm Desmond

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Storm Desmond was a powerful extratropical cyclone in early December 2015 that brought record-breaking rainfall and severe flooding to parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European windstorm
extratropical cyclone
affectedCountry Ireland NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
affectedRegion Cumbria NERFINISHED
Northern England NERFINISHED
Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
Scotland NERFINISHED
Wales NERFINISHED
basin North Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
caused landslides
power outages
record-breaking rainfall
river flooding
severe flooding
surface water flooding
transport disruption
countryWithRedWarnings United Kingdom GENERATED
dissipatedOn 2015-12-08
economicDamage over £1 billion
economicDamageCountry Ireland NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
fatalities several deaths
formedOn 2015-12-04
hasName Storm Desmond NERFINISHED
hitRegion Lake District NERFINISHED
hitTown Appleby-in-Westmorland NERFINISHED
Carlisle NERFINISHED
Cockermouth NERFINISHED
Kendal NERFINISHED
impactCategory severe weather event in Europe
issuedBy Met Office weather warnings NERFINISHED
maximumRainfallLocation Honister Pass NERFINISHED
Thirlmere NERFINISHED
meteorologicalType deep Atlantic low-pressure system
namedBy Met Office NERFINISHED
Met Éireann NERFINISHED
notableFor extreme rainfall totals in Cumbria
overtopping of flood defences
widespread river flooding in northern England
occurredInMonth December 2015
partOf 2015–16 European windstorm season
UK and Ireland storm naming scheme
rainfallAmount24h 341.4 mm at Honister Pass
rainfallAmount48h 405.0 mm at Thirlmere
relatedTo 2015–16 UK and Ireland flooding
setRecord UK 24-hour rainfall record
UK 48-hour rainfall record
year 2015

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Boxing Day floods 2015 mainCause storm Desmond