Morpeth

Question 1

Where is Morpeth

Answer 1

Morpeth is located 15 miles north of Newcastle in the north east of England
Morpeth is a historic market town in Northumberland North East England lying on the River Wansbeck

population 14017 in 2011

Question 2

Morpeth flooding 2008

Answer 2

Saturday the 6th of September 2008 the River Wansbeck flooded and Morpeth experience 1 in 115 year flood event

Question 3

What was the flood caused by rainfall

Answer 3

prolonged rainfall
the environment agency recorded 150 mm of rainfall and the River Wansbeck catchment Friday 5th and Saturday the 6 th of September

Question 4

Is the river Valley flat or steep

Answer 4

Steep the River Valley is narrow and steep and has an increased amount of surface runoff

Question 5

Urbanisation in Morpeth floods

Answer 5

the soil was already saturated due to a wet summer and has increased urbanization since the 1960s

Question 6

What effect did urbanisation had in the Morpeth flood

Answer 6

More flood water would have been drained directly to the river channel
The peak level was at 3.99 the biggest record ever

Question 7

How many residents were evacuate

Answer 7

400 in 6th September 2008 shelter was provided in the town hall king Edward vi high school and county Hall

Question 8

What error did the environment agency caused

Answer 8

It caused that 198 properties were not evacuate
Emergency service needed to be called eg raf rnli the British Red cross
Many residents were forced out of their homes and lived in caravans as rebuilding take place

Question 9

How many properties were affect

Answer 9

995

Question 10

How much damage was made

Answer 10

40 million pounds worth of damage - claimed by the journal newspaper

Question 11

Morpeth High Street Bridge Bridge Street was under how many centimetres of water

Answer 11

60 cm two feet of water not since 1953 has the main street been flooded

Question 12

What happened to the library

Answer 12

The library suffered several severe structural damage due to heavy debris transported by the river

Question 13

What were houses full of

Answer 13

Mud and sewage

Question 14

How much did Morpeth spend on the flood management strategy

Answer 14

27 million

Question 15

Why was flood management needed

Answer 15

Many businesses and homes were damaged due to flooding during the 1960s treating the first defences to protect the residents

Question 16

What was done to the river

Answer 16

They added drainage systems that made it pleasing to look at
upstream storage it holds 1.4 million cubic metres of water
Floodgates
it still protects wildlife

Question 17

What was given to residents to protect their houses

Answer 17

New flood walls were built to protect residential areas it will during flood by the residents

Question 18

What do they do to existing flood defences

Answer 18

They made them stronger

Question 19

What did they made

Answer 19

Dams to prevent flooding and storage of water

Question 20

What do the Poles do

Answer 20

The added polls to prevent the debris moving to prevent water from flooding as they act like a damn