Wednesday, 18 February 2026

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Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department for Communities and Local Government, Environment Agency, Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, + others

Heavy rain will continue to fall across Northern England today and with the ground still saturated and river levels at recent record highs, there is the potential for further significant flooding especially in Cumbria. The Environment Agency is monitoring the situation closely and will issue further flood alerts and warnings if required.

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Heavy rain will continue to fall across Northern England today and with the ground still saturated and river levels at recent record highs, there is the potential for further significant flooding especially in Cumbria.

Read Winter flooding 2015: community support for advice and current information.

Repairs to the breach at Croston on the River Douglas are continuing. A Chinook helicopter is being employed to deposit 1 tonne sandbags. Further bags are ready for today subject to flying conditions.

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HAWTHORNE, NJ: STEALTHbits Technologies Inc. has launched Dropbox support within its industry leading enterprise data access governance solution suite.

"File-sharing in the Cloud yields a number of benefits and conveniences, but it can also greatly and dangerously expand exposure to your data," noted Alex Berger, Senior Product Marketing Manager at STEALTHbits. "For example, a Dropbox business account admin or team site owner can allow team members to share data with individuals outside the company, amplifying the criticality of robust data access insight and governance."

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