Boscastle Flood

Question 1

Where was the Boscastle flood?

Answer 1

A village in North Cornwall

Question 2

Effects of the Boscastle flood -stats

Answer 2

-50 cars destroyed
-80 houses destroyed
-150 people stranded
-habitats lost
-£4M in insurance claims

Question 3

What caused the Boscastle flood?

Answer 3

-Impermeable shale rock
-Heavy rainfall
-Harbour wall created a bottle neck
-Trees and debris blocking channel
-drainage basin has many steep slopes
-Rivers collided and joined

Question 4

What was the response to the Boscastle flood

Answer 4

-Deepened and widened river to increase channel capacity
-Rebuilt car park with permeable surface
-Rebuilding of bridges, homes and businesses
-Installed a new river gauging system

Question 5

How much rainfall fell in 2 hours

Answer 5

over 60mm

Question 6

How much was invested in the flood management strategy

Answer 6

more than £10 million of improvements were carried out.

Question 7

How did boscastle adapt to potentially manage another similar event

Answer 7

widening and deepening the Valency River, and installing a flood culvert to improve flow in the Jordan River.