Emergency services in Cumbria in England have accounted for all of the 2,500 marathon competitors who were stranded overnight by floods.
More than 1,700 people were officially unaccounted overnight for but that number fell to just 44 and then 14 as a helicopter from RAF Valley in Anglesey assisted police and mountain rescue teams in the search in Keswick.
A Cumbria Police spokesman said: ‘I can confirm that the race organisers have informed us that everyone of the competitors has now been accounted for.’
The Original Mountain Marathon was abandoned at midday yesterday for the first time in its 41-year history as heavy rains flooded the various routes the runners were taking from Seathwaite to Gatesgarth, near Borrowdale.
Nearly a month's rain fell in one day in parts of Cumbria as torrential downpours blocked several roads in the area.
The majority of the entrants camped overnight in the Lake District when the two-day race was abandoned.
