1 It has rained for a total of 38 consecutive days in Fermanagh.

2The longest recorded rainfall ever in the UK was 49 days on the Isle of Skye.

3In the first 15 days of November, 214.9mm of rain fell in Fermanagh.

4A total of 185mm of rain had fallen from November 15 to yesterday.

5The average for the whole month of November is 121.5mm.

6In the last six weeks there have only been two dry days.

7Pensioner Annie Martin has been stranded in her home for the last eight days. Her son has had to row to her house with provisions.

8The flood levels are now at 915mm.

9The Rivers Agency says this is a one in a 1000 years event.

10 Once it stops raining, it will take more than a week for the flood waters to subside.

11 Dairy farmer Bertie Swan has 100 acres of land, 50 of these acres are under water.

12 Twenty-five Rivers Agency staff were available in the region for response to flood calls, while a further five Rivers Agency staff assisted the Roads Service at Quay Link, Enniskillen.

13 110 soldiers in off-road trucks and flat-bottomed boats have been deployed to the worst-hit areas.

14 28 pupils in Moat Primary School have had to take lessons at Teemore Church Hall, Derrylin.

15 Four pupils at Lisnaskea High School have not been able to get to school.

16 11 staff at Killyhommon Primary School have had to resort to getting tractors to take them to work.

17 Thursday had the most rainfall — 45mm.

18 Approximately 700 sandbags were provided in Fermanagh, primarily in the Enniskillen area.

19 Daily feed of beef cattle in Lisnaskea is cut by 50% as farmers ration supplies for fear lorries will not be able to make it to their farms next week.

20 Rivers Agency expected another 20-30 mm of rain to fall overnight.

21 In preparation for winter floods the Rivers Agency, in conjunction with ESB, draw down the loughs in order to provide flood storage. The Upper lough was taken down to 45.78m during the second week of October and the Lower lough was drawn down to 45.40m. These figures are the lowest permissible operational levels within the loughs.

22 Six independent traders on the Derrychara Link have been badly affected by the floods as no customers can access their shop without paddling over.

23 These shops have been inaccessible for the last six days.

24 Traders on the Derrychara Link have estimated they have lost 80% of their profits.

25 Hannah’s Toystore on the Derrychara Link usually gets approximately 120 till sales a day at this time of year.

26 Yesterday, Hannah’s Toystore had eight sales.

27 Traffic lights on the Derrychara Link stayed on red for an hour yesterday morning because of flooding disruption.

28 One lane of traffic was closed on the Irvinestown Road yesterday morning after a tree fell due to the floods.

29 Three years ago, the Derrychara Link was raised by 18 inches to a height which exceeded any previously recorded flood level, and at the time it was deemed satisfactory as it was thought flood levels would never reach this high.

30 24 roads in Fermanagh are under water.

31 To drive through Enniskillen, 45 minutes will be added to the journey due to flood problems which in turn have caused traffic problems.

32 Workers who would normally only have to drive seven miles to get to work will have to drive 30 because of diversions.

33 None of the daily rainfall totals are of themselves in any way extreme or unusual for the time of year — it is the consistently wet weather which has resulted in cumulative flooding.

34 The levels of Upper and Lower Lough Erne have risen a further 30 to 60mm from midday yesterday.

35 Over the month of November, rainfall across Northern Ireland is running at 172.6mm, or 159% of the long-term average.

36 The level of water in Lough Erne has now exceeded Tuesday’s record-breaking 158 feet.

37 The majority of bus services going in and out of Enniskillen have been hugely disrupted for the last two days.

38 There are no plans to compensate businesses or farms for loss of earnings.

39 The Lough Erne level is currently at 153 feet, which is an all-time high.

40 The Road Service made the decision to raise the level of the main route to the Erneside Shopping Centre. 800 tonnes of stones were laid on top of the road before it was covered by Tarmac.

41 This job took 12 men 22 hours to complete.

42 There have been slow-moving weather fronts for the last 40 days and the west of Ireland has captured all the moisture off the Atlantic.

43 Many locals are submerged in five feet of water.

44 The Floodline here has received more than 900 calls about flooding across Northern Ireland.

45 The incidents logged for Fermanagh have increased by 60% in November compared to October.

46 Residents in Kilmore Quay have been the worst affected.

47 The Department of the Environment’s Scheme of Emergency Financial Assistance is still in place and households affected by flooding have been told to contact their local council offices immediately to have their claims assessed.

48 Six calls were made to the Enniskillen police station about floods by lunchtime yesterday.

49 Shoppers at Tesco were stranded in the car park for more than an hour yesterday.

50 The UK record for the most rainfall on a single day was set in 1955 in a village called Martinstown in Dorset. Nearly 30cm of rain fell in 24 hours.