Somerset Levels Flooding 2014

CAUSE: A success of depressions from the Atlantic Ocean resulted in [blank_start]350[blank_end]mm of rain falling in two months, [blank_start]100[blank_end]mm more than average

CAUSE: The river hadn't been dredged for [blank_start]20[blank_end] years

SOCIAL IMPACTS: [blank_start]600[blank_end] houses flooded, [blank_start]16[blank_end] farms evacuated

ECONOMIC IMPACTS: Cost over £[blank_start]10[blank_end]million, over [blank_start]14000[blank_end] ha of land was underwater for [blank_start]3[blank_end]-[blank_start]4[blank_end] weeks and [blank_start]1000[blank_end] livestock were evacuated

THE SOLUTION: £[blank_start]20[blank_end]million invested

[blank_start]8[blank_end]km of the river was dredged, increasing capacity

By [blank_start]2024[blank_end], consideration given to a tidal barrage at Bridgewater