 More than 3,000 properties were affected, 60,000 homes were left without power and some areas of the city were under of water.Rivers Eden, Kent, Derwent, Greta and Cocker burst their banks, and £250 million of damage was caused.The 2006 Morecambe Bay helicopter crash had Cumbrian authorities on standby, especially the RNLI station in Barrow; the fatal air incident occurred on 27 December 2006, whilst transporting replacement crew between the Millom and Morecambe gas platforms.