CAUSE: A success of depressions from the Atlantic Ocean resulted in mm of rain falling in two months, mm more than average
CAUSE: The river hadn't been dredged for years
SOCIAL IMPACTS: houses flooded, farms evacuated
ECONOMIC IMPACTS: Cost over £million, over ha of land was underwater for - weeks and livestock were evacuated
THE SOLUTION: £million invested
km of the river was dredged, increasing capacity
By , consideration given to a tidal barrage at Bridgewater
