07/12/2015 Newsround

Hi - you're live with me Martin, and some amazing stories about the big

floods and how they're affecting kids, coming right up.

So, these are the scenes across big parts of northern England

all caused by Storm Desmond, which struck at the weekend.

It's flooded streets, shut schools, left animals stranded AND left

thousands of people without any electricity.

Well, our reporter Naz has been in one of the worst hit areas today to

speak to kids about what's been happening.

We are in Cumbria, in Carlisle, one of the worst affected areas of the

storms this weekend. Take a look behind me. That street is almost

like a river. I came here this morning and the water was almost up

to my waist. So a lot of flooding and what is strange about the

street, no lights. None of the houses have electricity, no traffic

lights either. A lot of children are off school today and plenty have

been affected and they have been telling me about their homes.

What happened to your house? It is flooded. We cannot get downstairs.

The water is just so high. Probably right up to my head. So yesterday we

just said upstairs. Not much food or anything. We did not have anything

to do. And you were rescued, what was that like? When I first got up I

thought they were joking, I thought I was still asleep. But it was real.

We tried to get out of the front window but we could not so we went

to the bathroom and opened that window. We had to climb down and get

into the boat. So behind me and rescue operation is still going on

and also a big clean-up operation taking place. You may be wondering

what the weather has in store for the Carlisle and the rest of the

country for them in Carlisle will expect more rain overnight and the

ground is wet. There could be more flooding. But for now tonight and

tomorrow, the clean-up operation will continue.

Well over on the website we want to hear from you if you've

There's also more pictures and info about what's happened there too.

OK, let's get some other top stories now and people

in Beijing have been told to stay inside for the next three days.

China's capital city has issued a red alert for smog levels, warning

the city will be covered in a thick haze and telling schools to shut.

The city has lots of problems with smog, caused

by factories and other things, but this is the highest level warning.

And a special rocket has blasted into orbit taking food and clothes

The unmanned craft set off from a base in America with more

than 3,000 kilos of supplies for the astronauts onboard the ISS.

They're running low after several failed delivery runs recently.

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And one of the best bits of the festive period is watching some

So, Ricky's been finding out what's coming up this year.

There is so much to look forward to over Christmas.

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The 17th of December, The Force Awakens.

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

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It's not just about the cinema and the big screen.

There's plenty to watch when you are at home in

It is about a 12-year-old boy, Jo Spud, whose dad made

his fortune selling toilet paper called Bum Fresh.

Dr Who always serves up a Christmas cracker.

In this episode, Doctor Who is trying to escape from Christmas.