Flood defences will be improved in Yorkshire in response to Storm Eva, prime minister David Cameron has announced.
The storm led to serious flooding in York and Leeds, with the defences in place on the Foss, Wharfe, Calder, Aire, Ouse and Derwent all being overwhelmed.
A total of £10 million will go towards the Foss defences, while repairs to the other river defences will share the remaining money.
Mr Cameron said: "More than £40 million will be spent to fix those defences overwhelmed by the record rainfall we've seen in recent weeks and to make them more resilient to further bad weather."
He stressed this was in addition to the £280 million already committed to the county.
While the construction of new defences may help create jobs in the building industry, the level of flood defence spending has been cut in recent years.
This has led to accusations that the government could have done more to prevent the recent flooding, with leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn highlighting the cases of proposed flood defence schemes in Keswick and Kendal - both flooded by Storm Desmond - that were rejected by ministers.
