RAF Search and Rescue helicopters rescue Boscastle flood victims in Cornwall, August 16, 2004. (Photo/Mark Pearson)

RAF Search and Rescue helicopters rescue flood victims in Boscastle, Cornwall, August 16, 2004. (Photo/Mark Pearson)

RAF Search and Rescue helicopters rescue Boscastle flood victims in Cornwall, August 16, 2004. (Photo/Mark Pearson)

Fire brigade search and rescue fast rope teams looking for flood victims in Boscastle, Cornwall, August 16, 2004. (Photo/Mark Pearson)

Hundreds of cars washed away with the floods in Boscastle, Cornwall, August 16, 2004. (Photo/Mark Pearson)

Fire brigade and the RNLI search and rescue fast rope teams looking for flood victims in Boscastle, Cornwall, August 16, 2004. (Photo/Mark Pearson)

RAF search teams look for flood victims in Boscastle, Cornwall, August 16, 2004. (Photo/Mark Pearson)

Fire brigade search and rescue fast rope teams looking for flood victims in Boscastle, Cornwall, August 16, 2004. (Photo/Mark Pearson)

Massive flooding in Boscastle, Cornwall, August 16, 2004. (Photo/Mark Pearson)

Flooded river in Boscastle, Cornwall, August 16, 2004. (Photo/Mark Pearson)