Tewkesbury

Question 1

Responses (3)

Answer 1

25,000 sandbags distributed
Tried to prevent it from happening again by:
- dredging the river
- raising awareness of flooding

Question 2

Causes (3)

Answer 2

Physical causes: 
          - 150 mm of rain in two days
          - ground already saturated 
Human causes: 
          - large amount of construction

Question 3

Effects (4)

Answer 3

13 dead.
£3 billion overall cost for insures so insurance rates increased and was hard to get making it hard to sell houses.
Water treatment plant closed due to flooding.
350,000 people in Gloucester had no water supply for a time.