MEDC Case Study: flooding Cumbria 2009
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- MEDC Case Study: flooding Cumbria 2009
- Physical effects
- Heavy rainfall fell over 24 hours
- 32 cm of rain
- Antecedent rainfall (previous rain) meant ground was still saturated
- More surface area
- Heavy rainfall fell over 24 hours
- Human factor
- Building on flood plain increases the area of impermeable surfaces
- Increasing surface run off
- Building on flood plain increases the area of impermeable surfaces
- Effects
- The average cost of damage was £28,000 per house
- 4 bridges collapsed and 12 were closed
- Responses
- Government provided £1 million to help clean up
- The Cumbria Flood Recovery Fund reached £1 million after 10 days
- Opened up temporary rail stations in Workington
- Army built a temporary foot bridge
- Physical effects
- Compacts the soil and encourages surface run off
- 32 cm of rain
- The west coast is wetter
- recieves moist air
- precipitation
- Physical effects
- Heavy rainfall fell over 24 hours
- Antecedent rainfall (previous rain) meant ground was still saturated
- More surface area
- Heavy rainfall fell over 24 hours
- recieves moist air
- Destruction of natural environments
- Human factor
- Building on flood plain increases the area of impermeable surfaces
- Increasing surface run off
- Building on flood plain increases the area of impermeable surfaces
- Human factor
- 1300 homes flooded with sewage
- Effects
- The average cost of damage was £28,000 per house
- 4 bridges collapsed and 12 were closed
- Effects
- Businesses flooded this caused long term difficulties for their local economy
- Government provided £1 million to help clean up
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