Floods in Cumbria - a nervous 24 hours. | BBC Cumbria

2.5K views · 32 reactions | Take a look at this footage of the Cumbrian floods - sent to us by Dr Neil Entwistle from Salford University. He's studying hydrology and flooding in the county with the help of some drones. | BBC Cumbria | Facebook

Scientists have found that the Cumbrian floods in 2009 were the most significant since the 16th century. The team from four different universities has been analysing grains of sand which are moved into the sediment at the bottom of the county's lakes by storms and floods. They found that the more extreme storms move bigger grains of sand. Here's a timelapse video of their work at Brotherswater during Storm Desmond (courtesy of Geography at University of Liverpool) | BBC Cumbria