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