Severe floods submerge towns in northern England

Parts of Scotland and northern England were under several feet of water Friday morning after raging rivers burst their banks and flooded towns, officials said.

A police officer was missing after flooding in Cumbria, near the border with Scotland, Cumbria police said Friday. An earlier report that 11 people were absent was incorrect, a police spokesman said.

The Cumbria town of Cockermouth was one of the worst hit. The Georgian market town sits at the junction of two rivers, the Cocker and the Derwent, which raged overnight and flooded the town center.

The waters were so strong at times that rescuers could not send their boats against the flow to reach attentive residents, witnesses said.

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