Flooding of Carlisle
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- Created on: 26-04-15 17:11
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- Flooding of Carlisle, Cumbria, 2005
- Causes
- Physical factors
- Heavy rainfall for 36 hours on Jan 6th. 200mm Rainfall recorded (equivalent of 4 months)
- Rain fell on already saturated ground
- Steep sided basin
- High peak discharge of 1520 cumecs compared to the average of 52.
- Physical factors
- Impacts
- Social
- Three people died
- Over 3000 made homeless for up to a year
- 4 schools severely flooded
- Increase in stress related illnesses following the floods
- Environmental
- Flooding increased river bank erosion
- Economic
- Repairs cost over £100 million
- 350 businesses had to shut down as there was no electricity, telephone or transport
- 70,000 addresses had no power
- 80 buses destroyed (most of the public transport fleet)
- 33 employees lost their Jobs at united biscuits, the largest employer in Carlisle as it was flooded with 3m of water
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