UK Drought - Global Hazards C.S. Flashcards
Category
Weather hazard
Year of Interest
2012
Ended September
Accumulation of dry weather since
Answer is a month
Causes
September 2010
Began driest 18 months in a century, low groundwater restocking in these winters
Blocking of — stopped the — and — pressure systems from moving —
Last is a compass direction
Causes
anti-cyclones, jet stream, low, south east
— mile chalk river (—) running dry
Effects (Economic)
45, Kennet
— reservoir, in —, below —
Effects (Economic)
Bewl Bridge, Kent, half level
Farmers planted —% usual
Effects (Social)
80
Expected lower yields
Reservoir stocks — for —, affecting — and —
Effects (Social + Economic)
lowest, time of year, houses, businesses
Vulnerable fish need rescue from — mile River —
Effects (Environmental)
220, Severn
Habitats ruined by
Effects (Environmental)
Wetlands drying out and wildfires
Temporary — ban for — people, with a — GBP fine
GBP = Great British Pound (£)
Responses
hosepipe, 20 million, 100
20M = 20,000,000
Urgent — schemes, relied on by — homes
Responses
water transfer, 100,000