Boscastle Flash Flood 2004
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- Created on: 23-09-17 13:31
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- Boscastle Flash Flood- 2004
- 16th August 2004
- Lasted a total of 8 hours
- 8 inches of rain fell
- 6 inches of rain fell in two hours
- 440 million gallons- size of the River Thames
- The river banks burst and covered the car park
- The worst recorded flood in Britain
- 115 cars swept away
- 100 people rescued
- Management
- Car park with permeable surface
- Raised
- New bridges
- River widened to increase capacity
- Improved roads and drainage systems
- Tree management in River Valency
- Sewage pumping system
- Area for river to deposit
- River wall
- Car park with permeable surface
- Poor bridge height led to blockages
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