WOTL

Question 1

What are the long term effects of the Morpeth flooding

Answer 1

People lived with their relatives in caravans

£10 million in damages

Question 2

What are the short term responses to Morpeth flood

Answer 2

British Red Cross and RNLI rescued

People evacuated to King Edward VI School

Question 3

What are the long term response to Morpeth flood

Answer 3

Flood walls being built on Wansweck river

Environmental Agency building dam and reservoir

Question 4

What are the short term effects of the Bangladesh flood

Answer 4

600 deaths in total
30 million people made homeless
50% of land covered

Question 5

What are the long term effects of the Bangladesh flood

Answer 5

Damaged schools, and hospitals
£7 billion of damage
Rice crops destroyed

Question 6

What are the long term responses of the Bangladesh flood

Answer 6

Embankments made to stop flooding

Flood action plan in place with warnings

Question 7

What are the short term responses to the Bangladesh flood

Answer 7

UN Launched an appeal but only received 20% of their target
Food, medicine and blankets distributed
Water aid helped

Question 8

What are the positive impacts of the Kielder water transfer

Answer 8

HEP from the reservoir, generates 6MV
Lake holds 200,000 million litres of water for times of water shortages
£6 million raised through tourism

Question 9

Negative impacts of Kielder Water transfer

Answer 9

58 families displaced from homes
Farmland and habitat lost
Clean water released from the dam causes erosion downstairs

Question 10

How many houses were flooded in the Morpeth

Answer 10

1000 out of 1051

Question 11

What are the short term effects of Morpeth Flood

Answer 11

1000 out of 1051 homes flooded
Personal belongings destroyed
Library flooded