Case Studdy 2014 Sommerset Levels Floods

Question 1

Flooded

Answer 1

Over 600 houses and 17,000 acres of agricultural land

Question 2

How

Answer 2

Rivers not dredged in over 20 yrs
350 mm rainfall in jan and feb, 100 mm more than usual
River banks breached by sea water
Wettest jan since records began in 1910

Question 3

Long term responses

Answer 3

2024- cosidering tidal barage at bridgewater
Flood defence for vunerable communities
Road levels raised
£20 million spent on flood action plan , involved somerset couinsil and environmental agency
Riverbanks raised and strenghtened

Question 4

Short term responses

Answer 4

Boats for, school, shopping, transport
Comunity and local support
Sandbags inforce riverbanks and protect homes
Farmers shared barns on higher grounds
Dug drainage trenches

Question 5

Location

Answer 5

South of england

Only 6m above sea level

Question 6

Villages

Answer 6

Village of munchelny cut off

Village of thornly abandoned

Question 7

Weather

Answer 7

All storms were from tropical storm dirk over atlantic

Question 8

Social impacts

Answer 8

16 farms evacuated
Residents evacualted to social accommodation for several months 
Villages cut off 
Power supplies cut off 
600 houses flooded

Question 9

Environmental impacts

Answer 9

Stagnant water needed to be reoxiginated and pumped back into rivers as the levels dropped.
Huge amounts of debris had to be cleared.
Flood water was heavily contaminated

Question 10

Economic impacts

Answer 10

Locals cut off
Over 40 million hecters of agricultural land under water for 3-4 months
Over £10 million in damages
Bristol to taunton railway line cut off
Over 1000 livestock evacuated.