Storm Desmond
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- Storm Desmond
- Responses
- 100 flood warnings and more than 70 flood alerts were in place in northern England
- Royal Engineers were deployed to help in the emergency response
- £400,000 was donated within 48 hours by the public
- Cumbria Community Foundation contributed to the clean-up costs, supplying emergency repairs, clothing, food and drink, heating and heating equipment,
- Clear up operations in Tyrone and Ferbargh, Northern Ireland
- Economic Impacts
- UK economy dented by £3 billion due to the storm
- Costs from ineffective flood systems was a problem
- £500m of damage across Cumbria
- £1m appeal was launched to help people affected by flooding caused by Storm Desmond.
- Environment Impacts
- Millions of tons of sediment were transported by the river and deposited on floodplains
- Landslides occurred in many places as the result of heavy rainfall
- Kinder Downfall waterfall in the Peak District is put in reverse by strong winds from the storm
- Significant landslide occurred in along the Glenn Riding beck in the Lake District
- Social Impacts
- 43,000 homes across the north of England were left without power
- 5,200 homes were affected by flooding
- 1,000 people evacuated from the Scottish border town of Hawick
- About 40 schools in Cumbria were closed and appointments and routine business across NHS hospitals were cancelled
- 2,000 homes in the Republic of Ireland and 700 in Wales were also left without power
- Responses
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