Boscastle flood- case study
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Boscastle, UK (2004)
Causes
- Over 60 mm of rainfall (typically a month's rainfall) fell in two hours.
- The ground was already saturated due to the previous two weeks of above average rainfall.
- The drainage basin has many steep slopes, and has areas of impermeable slate causing rapid surface run-off.
- Boscastle is at the confluence (where tributaries…
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