weather hazards in the UK.

south west prevailing winds across the atlantic
Somerset Levels, south west England
1. area of low lying farm land, drained by several rivers which flow to the severn esturary
2. 2014 exstensive flooding.
3. 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)
4. impacts
  1. social
    1. 600 houses flooded
    2. 16 farms evacuated
    3. entire villages cut off
    4. power supplys affected
  2. economic
    1. £10 million worth of damage
    2. 1,000 livestock evacuated
      1. agricultural land under water
    3. local road and rail links disrupted
  3. environmental
    1. contaminated flood water
    2. debris and stagnant water had to be reoxygenated
5. immidiate responce
  1. aid provided by the military
  2. boats brought in to reach cut off villages
6. long term responce
  1. £20 million flood action plan
    1. dredging rivers to increase capacity
    2. raising road levels
    3. building pumping stations/ flood defences
prolonged rainfall can cause river flooding (Boscasle 2004)
1. drought and extreme heat can affect water supplys
2. reminance of hurricans cause strong winds in the UK, particularly in the south west.
why might extreme weather events be increasing
1. weather affected by the jet stream
  1. climate change is causing the jet stream to get stuck

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	Criado por Tom Grey aproximadamente 3 anos atrás