This dramatic image shows the devastating impact that the latest heavy summer rainfall has had on the UK.
One whole side of a four-storey house tumbled into a swollen river before being washed downstream as a result of the heavy storms that blighted the Bank Holiday weekend.
The alarm was raised just after 6am this morning when residents of Vale View in Egremont, Cumbria, were woken by a loud rumble and a splash.
They were shocked when they realised the back of the property, which was empty, had crashed into the River Ehen.
Owners of the house, Ken O’Hara and Belinda Taylor, were alerted by the police earlier today and have been trying to salvage what they can from the property.
Luckily, they had been staying in the Black Beck hotel, Egremont, which they also own, when their property collapsed into the river.
Mr O’Hara said: 'I could not believe it when the police told me, it is completely unbelievable.
