Somerset Levels Flood

Question 1

What were the social impacts?

Answer 1

Flooded homes, farms impacted, villages cut off, power supplies disrupted

Question 2

How many homes flooded?

Answer 2

Over 600

Question 3

How many farms evacuated?

Answer 3

16

Question 4

What were the economic impacts?

Answer 4

Farms flooded, roads cut off, railway lines cut off

Question 5

How many hectares of agricultural land were flooded? How many livestock evacuated?

Answer 5

14000 - 1000

Question 6

How much damage did the flooding cost?

Answer 6

£10 million

Question 7

What were the environmental impacts?

Answer 7

Contamination, debris deposited, stagnant water

Question 8

What happened to stagnant water?

Answer 8

Reoxygenated and pumped back into rivers

Question 9

What was water contaminated with?

Answer 9

Sewage, oil and chemicals

Question 10

How was the flood managed?

Answer 10

River bank raised and channel straightening, flood action plan, dredging, flood defences, road levels raised

Question 11

How much was pledged on a flood action plan?

Answer 11

£20 million - Somerset county council

Question 12

Which rivers were dredged in March 2014?

Answer 12

Tone and parratt

Question 13

When did the floods happen?

Answer 13

2014