flooding

Question 1

UK floods

Answer 1

consecutive eva desmond and frank
atmospheric rivers alloewd heavier than usual rainfall
depression surrounded by high pressure, frontal rainfall
500 mil damage
2200 homes in GM flooded
helicopter crews to recover

Question 2

East asia monsoon

Answer 2

migration of itcz
2017 monsoon was over longer timespan
800 dies
cost estimated at $3.5bn
tens of thousands of hectares of crops destroyed
20 bn rupees allocated for releif

Question 3

physical causes of floods

Answer 3

snowmelt, antecedent conditions, releif, amount and type of rain

Question 4

human causes

Answer 4

climate change, urbanisation, land use change, deforestation

Question 5

snowmelt

Answer 5

himilayan
ganges swell 2x per year
reliance for ag
glaciers could lose up to 80% of ice by 2100

Question 6

releif

Answer 6

somerset 2019
unusualy flat land meant water wouldnt drain and had to be pumped out
lake district, steep, floods following desmond

Question 7

antecedent cond

Answer 7

cumbria 2015
floods worsened by saturated soils from november rain

Question 8

amount and type of rain

Answer 8

Japan received 3x amount of rainfall in west, floods and landslides
india monsoon, 15cm more than average, deadly

Question 9

deforestation

Answer 9

sundabarn bangladesh, removes flood defence, cyclone sider

Question 10

urbanisation

Answer 10

houston
hurricane harvey
flood risk increased by 2000%
100 deaths
sheffielfd 2007, heavy anbnd prolonged rainfall, drainage systems overwhelmed, river don, 2 deaths, worst floods in floodplains used for industry

Question 11

land use change

Answer 11

expansions of large scale agriculture in south america, plains more vulnerable to floods
cumbria, overgrazing sheep caused slopes instead of forests

Question 12

CC

Answer 12

pakistan 2022 floods
top 10 most vulnerabel, 1% emissions
3x rain after monsoon
2000 deaths