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weather hazards in the UK.
- south west prevailing winds across the atlantic
- Somerset Levels, south west England
- area of low lying farm land,
drained by several rivers which
flow to the severn esturary
- 2014 exstensive flooding.
- wettest january since records began
/ high tides and storm surges swept
water up the rivers/ rivers had not
been dredged for 20 years (full of
sedement)
- impacts
- social
- 600 houses flooded
- 16 farms evacuated
- entire villages cut off
- power supplys affected
- economic
- £10 million worth of damage
- 1,000 livestock evacuated
- agricultural land under water
- local road and rail links disrupted
- environmental
- contaminated flood water
- debris and stagnant water
had to be reoxygenated
- immidiate responce
- aid provided by the military
- boats brought in to reach cut off villages
- long term responce
- £20 million flood action plan
- dredging rivers to increase capacity
- raising road levels
- building pumping stations/ flood defences
- prolonged rainfall can cause
river flooding (Boscasle 2004)
- drought and extreme heat
can affect water supplys
- reminance of hurricans cause
strong winds in the UK,
particularly in the south west.
- why might extreme weather events be increasing
- weather affected by the jet stream
- climate change is causing
the jet stream to get stuck