beast from the east 2018

Question 1

2 causes of the best from the east?

Answer 1

• high pressure system over Scandinavia
• polar vortex distruption = sudden stratospheric warming in ARTIC = caused cold artic air to spill into Europe

Question 2

3 social impacts

Answer 2

• health risks = hypthermia, frostbite
• traffic conjestion e.g on the A31 = 8000 crashes
• thousands of schools closed

Question 3

2 economic impacts

Answer 3

• traffic for hours = reduced productivty costing millions
• destroyed crops and livestock [agriculture sector]

Question 4

2 enviromental impacts

Answer 4

• severe snowfall 7m high snow drifts
  = blocked roads
• water pipes frozen/burst = temporary water shortages

Question 5

how many deaths?

Answer 5

10

Question 6

4 responses

Answer 6

• drivers given foil blankets
• weather warnings to stay indoors [met office]
  -greggs delivered free food down A1
  -10 RAF vhecicals transported health staff

Question 7

list 4 extreme weather events in the UK

Answer 7

• heavy rain fall
• thunderstorms
• heat waves
• extreme cold/snow

Question 8

explain 2 pieces of evidence for the UK weather becoming more extreme?

Answer 8

1. temperature = 2022 reached 40degrees
2. rainfall = more frequent flooding december 2015 = wettest month ever recorded [sever flooding]