climate change

Question 1

extreme cold

Answer 1

beast from the east 2018
- 450 schools closed
- cost economy £1 billion per day
- lows of -14c, 50cm of snow in places

Question 2

drought/heatwave

Answer 2

summer 2022, 40c

Question 3

prolonged rainfall

Answer 3

cockermouth flood nov 2009

Question 4

storms

Answer 4

feb 2022 dudley eunice franklin. 200,000 homes lost power

Question 5

give info about the cockermouth flood

Answer 5

19th nov 2009, confluence of river derwent and cocker, steep relief, urbanisation, double the usual amount of discharge. 315mm in 48 hours

Question 6

give effects about the cockermouth floods

Answer 6

1 death. 300 homes lost power. average cost of damage £28,000 per home. £10 million covered by insurance companies. 4 bridges collapsed

Question 7

give responses about the cockermouth floods

Answer 7

5.5km fencing, self closing barriers, gravel removed from river derwent