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