Flooding Case Study MEDC
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- Flooding- Case Study MEDC
- Primary effects
- 3 deaths
- 3000 people made homeless
- 4 schools severely flooded
- 350 businesses shut down
- 70 000 addresses lost power
- Some roads/ bridges damaged
- River polluted with rubbish and sewage
- Protection measures
- River levels monitored, flood warnings issued to public
- leaflets explaining flood warnings distributed
- Eden and Petteril Flood Alleviation Scheme in 2008
- building flood defence walls and levees
- Local council distributes sandbags during flood warning
- Causes
- Heavy rainfall- 200mm in 36 hours
- Urban Area .:. impermeable surfaces
- Increased runoff
- Heavy rainfall- 200mm in 36 hours
- Increased runoff
- Discharge to reach 1520 cumecs
- Background Info
- Carlisle, England
- 8th January 2005
- River Eden
- Average discharge 52 cumecs
- Discharge to reach 1520 cumecs
- Average discharge 52 cumecs
- Secondary effects
- children lost out on education
- stress-related illnesses
- 3000 jobs were at risk
- Primary effects
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