Rescue teams carry people to safety through the flood water as they continue to to evacuate homes after Storm Desmond caused flooding on December 7, 2015 in Carlisle, England. Storm Desmond has brought severe disruption to areas of northern England with dozens of flood warnings remaining in place throughout the country. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)





Rescue workers are seen helping locals during flooding caused by heavy rainfall in the Warwick Road area of Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





Rescue workers are seen helping locals during flooding caused by heavy rainfall in the Warwick Road area of Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





Residents wade through flood waters in the Warwick Road area of Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. British police have declared a major incident in northern England after prolonged heavy rain caused widespread flooding and forced emergency services to evacuate residents from their homes. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





Residents move their belongings through flood waters in the Warwick Road area of Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





Residents carry their belongings through flood waters in the Warwick Road area of Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





Residents wade through flood waters in the Warwick Road area of Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





A local resident stumbles as he wades through flood water on a residential street in Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





Rescue workers remove an elderly man from a flooded house on a residential street in Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





A local resident carries a bag as he wades through flood water on a residential street in Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





Rescue workers pull a boat along a flooded residential street in Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





Rescue workers pull a boat full of rescued residents along a flooded residential street in Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





A soldier carries a woman from a flooded house on a residential street in Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





Rescue workers help a woman through a flooded residential street in Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





Residents carry their belongings as they walk along a flooded residential street in Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





Rescue workers pull a boat full of rescued residents along a flooded residential street in Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)





A local man wades through flood water on a residential street in Carlisle, Britain December 6, 2015. (Photo by Phil Noble/Reuters)