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by Im Alec has abandoned this account on December 8th, 2009
No. The floods of November 1953 killed over 300 people. The Lynmouth disaster of 1952 killed 52 people in one small town like Cockermouth. This years floods are bad, but not that bad. There have probably been worse than those.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sea_flood_of_1953
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynmouth#The_Lynmouth_disaster
by skasy890 on December 8th, 2009
I wouldn't say they were the worst ever floods in the uk. they might be the worst floods in the last 10 year or so but yeh i wouldnt say worse ever.
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