Storm Desmond: Lancaster's small businesses face 'zombie apocalypse'

There was cheerfulness to be found on the streets but the flooding leaves business owners despondent

Warned to expect at least two more days without electricity following the weekend's floods, Lancaster's hardy residents faced the darkness with sunny stoicism.

"I was telling my kids, this is what it must have been like in the war," said Rohina Caterina, surveying the muddy floor of her pub, the Stonewell Tavern, which closed on Saturday night when the cellars flooded. "We'll get through it."