07/12/2015 Newsround

Hello, morning, everyone.

I'm Leah, with Monday's Newsround.

On the way today.

We've got all the latest from the storm that's flooded parts

of the UK.

Let's start by talking about the major storm that's flooded

houses, closed schools, and even forced roads to

crumble in the north of England.

These pictures show the effect Storm Desmond has had

since it hit parts of Cumbria and Lancashire, as well as some

areas of Scotland over the weekend.

Tens of thousands of people have no electricity,

and at least 20 schools are shut.

Here's Ricky with more.

In some parts of the country, a month's worth of rain fell

in just 24 hours.

Flooding has forced thousands of people from their homes

in Cumbria in north-west England.

Strong winds have also made it dangerous for drivers too.

Police in Cumbria declared a major incident, as the River Kent

in Kendal burst its banks.

In Keswick, the British Red Cross set up special

centres for people looking for somewhere to stay for the night.

And fire crews used small boats to rescue people, as water levels rose.

It's not the first time people here have been affected by flooding.

Five years ago, heavy rain caused even more damage.

Flooding and landslides also brought disruption to Scotland, especially

in the Borders and Tayside.

Already this morning, the clean-up operation has swung into action.

The weather is expected to be drier this afternoon, but people are still

being told to take extra care.

Well, the BBC's Sarah Corker has been in one of the worst hit places,

Carlisle, and explained what things are like this morning.

Emergency services here have been working through

the night to rescue people trapped in their homes here in Carlisle.

If I show you over here, there is still a lot of water,

the road remains blocked.

Many of the routes here are still only passable by boat.

You can see water levels starting to recede slowly.

People will be waking up in reception centres across Cumbria

today, and what they will be wanting to do is to get back here to assess

just how bad the damage is.

There's more on the floods on our website, and we'll have more

back here in half-an-hour.

Sport now, and straight to the Premier League,

because Newcastle got a much-needed 2-0 home win over Liverpool.

Georginio Wijnaldum scored one, and forced an own goal,

to take Newcastle above Sunderland into 18th.

It was just the second loss for Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.

When most of us run low on basic groceries, we can normally

just nip out to the local shop.

But things aren't so simple in space.

An unmanned rocket has lifted off from Cape Canaveral full

of over 3,000 kilograms of food and clothes for astronauts

on the International Space Station.

Supplies are running low, after several failed delivery runs

and botched launches.

Wondering what's to look forward to over Christmas at the movies and

on TV?

Well, wonder no more.

Here's Ricky and film fan Colin Paterson, with all you need to know!

It is that time of year again when there is so much great stuff to

see at the cinema and on TV.

It can be really difficult to know what to watch.

Colin.

Hello.

Fancy seeing you here.

There is so much to look forward to over Christmas.

Let us start with the big one.

Christmas comes early if you are a Star Wars fan.

The 17th of December, The Force Awakens.

30 years after Return Of The Jedi, they are all there, Han Solo,

Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia.

What if sci-fi isn't your bag of popcorn?

If you liked Ice Age, the team behind that have made The Peanuts

Movie. Based on Charlie Brown.

His dog Snoopy is his trusty companion,

tries to help him along, and taking on his arch enemy the Red Baron.

A lot of parents will take their kids to this one

because they really want to see it.

That's all from me, Newsround's back right here in about half-an-hour.