Somerset levels
- Created by: Nlane26
- Created on: 04-10-20 17:50
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- Summer-set levels
- Social
- More than 600 homes flooded
- Road levels were raised, it wont stop flooding but it makes it easier for aid and evacuation
- Locals who were cut off used boats to travel
- Economic
- Over 1000 livestock evacuated so livelihood had to be paused
- £10 million damage cost
- Somerset county council pledged £20 mill on a food action plan
- Environmental
- 350mm fell in January so the soil was saturated so there was more surface runoff in February, there was more flooding
- The river was contaminated with sewage, oil and chemicals
- The rivers (Tone and Parrat) were redged in 2014, increasing the depth and capacity
- The rivers hadn’t been dredged for 20years so they were more likely to flood
- High winds from the Atlantic lead to the river Tone and Parrett bursting their banks
- Over 14000 hectares of agriculture land flooded for weeks
- Social
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