
In its weather warning the Met Office said there could be "localised flooding", particularly where the ground is already saturated. David Cameron was in the county this morning to see for himself the extent of the damage. He met people driven out of their homes by the floods in the harbour town of Mevagissey before visiting Pentewan, near St Austell, one of the worst-affected areas.
The prime minister said he was keen to find if there were better ways of giving clearer warnings about the approach of torrential rain. He said: "You can never guarantee there won't be flooding. We do have these huge weather events that sometimes overcome communities but we can do better….”
The River Looe in Cornwall, shot by roger geach, Wikimedia Commons via Geograph UK, under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license
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