Case Studies 10 & 11: River Severn processes and landforms
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- Case Studies 10 & 11: River Severn processes and landforms
- SHORT-TERM IMPACTS
- 10k people stranded on M5
- Bridge collapsed in Ludlow
- Crops destroyed in flooded fields
- 40k households without electricity
- Water treatment plant in Tewkesbury flooded
- 350k households without tap water
- Schools & businesses closed
- LONG TERM IMPACTS
- People had to stay with relatives / in hotels / in caravans
- Businesses lost orders; goods damaged
- Pupils taught in temporary classrooms
- Farmers lost crops (£11m)
- Insurance claims totaled £3 bill
- Repair work finished in 2008
- CAUSES
- PHYSICAL CAUSES
- Slow moving depression causing record- breaking rainfall btwn June and July
- Several depressions caused by jet stream position
- Depressions caused by warm rising air in North Atlantic
- HUMAN CAUSES
- Urban growth on floodplains causing water to fall into drains
- Field drains dug to improve farmland in Wales
- PHYSICAL CAUSES
- FLOOD MANAGEMENT IN SHREWSBURY
- Series of floods in River Severn over 10yr period prompted flood defenses
- Flood defenses included embankments, flood walls and flood barriers
- Car parks built as safe zone during flood event
- Rivers flow naturally to outside towns
- SHORT-TERM IMPACTS
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