24/11/2009
Anna Hill hears how farmers in Cumbria saw livestock washed away in the floods, with hundreds of animals missing or dead.
As the clean-up operation begins after the flooding in Cumbria, insurers estimate the cost to farmers at over 3 million pounds. Anna Hill hears how farmers saw livestock washed downstream with hundreds of animals still missing or dead. Meanwhile tourism chiefs are urging visitors not to cancel trips to Cumbria fearing the county's income could be damaged further.
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