Daily Star: Hundreds were told to abandon their homes and prepare for the worst as the Met Office issued ELEVEN red weather warning for in the north of England on Boxing Day.
Families were left unable to even make a cup of tea when the lights went out due to flooding.
Electricity North West confirmed 10,000 homes in Rochdale were currently without power today.
The Army was put on standby for damage control on Christmas Day, as it was forecast that a months worth of rain would soak towns already saturated...