Improvements should be identified for drainage and sewage systems in Flimby, a draft flood investigation report says.

More than 100 homes and businesses were hit by flooding during Storm Desmond in December as rain overwhelmed Barrel Arch, Penny Gill, Furnace Gill and Risehow Beck.

Footpaths were washed away in Flimby Great Wood and a torrent of water flowed down Flimby Brow and Church Road to join the flow from Barrel Arch.

A debris grid on the culvert entrance of Barrel Arch became blocked with material washed down from the woodland.

The report says: "With ground already saturated the intensity of the rainfall event turned roads into rivers.

"Road drains were overwhelmed and water followed the route of least resistance to flood into homes and gardens.

"Water was trapped on flatter ground where it collected increasing the depth as there was no flow route out causing further flooding to property."

Some properties narrowly missed being flooded as their floor levels had been raised.

The draft report has been put together by Cumbria County Council and the Environment Agency.

It calls on the agency, county council and Electricity North West to review infrastructure resilience and recommends Cumbria Local Resilience Forum should look at evacuation procedures and emergency response.

It suggests Allerdale council and the Environment Agency should review maintenance programmes and the county and borough councils and United Utilities should investigate drainage and sewage systems to identify improvements.

The agency is repairing damaged flood defences which should be fixed before winter and it will carry out a flood risk assessment for Flimby.

Residents are urged to improve flood resistance measures to reduce the impact of any future flooding.

The report is one of more than 30 being compiled across the county in response to December's flooding.

It will be discussed at a public meeting tonight from 7pm to 8pm at the Methodist hall.

From 5pm to 7pm information will be available about resilience grants, FloodRe and other flooding issues.

At 8pm there will be an hour for one-to-one discussions with officers.