Published: Friday November 20, 2009 MYT 7:49:00 AM
Royal Air Force helicopters join UK flood rescue
LONDON (AP) - British police say the country's Royal Air Force has joined attempts to rescue 200 people stranded by rising floodwater in a northern England tourist town.
Police in Cockermouth, in England's picturesque Lake District, said Thursday that three RAF helicopters were being used to evacuate people caught in the floods.
Witnesses said fallen trees were seen floating down the town's main street and that electricity supplies to 1,145 homes in the area had been lost.
Britain's Met Office said the area has had a deluge of about 173 millimeters of rain in 24 hours.
The Lake District attracts about 15.5 million visitors each year.
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