Cockermouth Flood Case Study
- Created by: Kia02
- Created on: 04-09-18 21:22
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- Cocker mouth Floods 2009
- Causes
- Relief Rainfall
- Two rivers meet here
- Near to steep mountains
- reducing infiltration causes surface run off
- Impacts
- 39 schools closed
- 1,200 people without electricity
- 1,300 homes flooded & contaminated with sewage
- 12 bridges closed and 4 destroyed
- Short Term Management
- £1 million cleanup and repairs
- 50 people evacuated
- £10 million flood recovery fund
- Temporary train station, footbridge, library and Tesco
- Long Term Management
- Locals improve the main street
- £500,000 lottery money helps local environment
- River Derwent dredged to increase size of channel
- £6 million spent on new flood windows
- Causes
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