1300 were flooded in total and 960 of them were in Cockermouth
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How much rain fell in 34 hours to cause the rain?
378mm
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What were the physical cause of the flood?
Prolonged and steady downpour, geography of cumbria means warm air is forced over the mountains and then is cooled and forms rain, ground was already saturated, the 'warm conveyor' from the atlantic
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What were the human causes of the flood?
Sea temperatures were high because of global warming so the warm conveyor collected more moisture, lack of prevention, Cockermouth was built on the confluence of 2 major rivers
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PRIMARY EFFECTS Who died in this flood?
PC Bill baker, died on collapsing bridge
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PRIMARY EFFECTS What was under 4ft of water?
Cricket pitch and speedway track
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PRIMARY EFFECTS How many houses were conaminated by sewage water?
9000 properties
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PRIMARY EFFECTS How many schools shut?
26
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PRIMARY EFFECTS How many bridges and roads were closed?
16bridges and 25 roads
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What were the secondary effects?
homes were refused insurance, houses couldnt be sold, shops stocks were destroyed,christmas holiday booking were cancelled
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SECONDARY EFFECTS What were the details of the christmas bookings being cancelled?
Dunmail Retail Park had a 90% loss in revenue, there was lack of access, 6% of tourist businessess were closed
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SHORT TERM RESPONSES How many people were rescued in Cockermouth?
200
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SHORT TERM RESPONSES How many flood alerts were released?
43,000
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SHORT TERM RESPONSES Who searched for stranded people?
Fire service, RNLI and the AA looked for stranded cars
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SHORT TERM RESPONSES What were residents asked to do?
Check on vulnerable neighbors
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What were the long term effects?
Governments pledged £1million to help, river is now dredged, 25 soldiers rebuilt the bridge in Workington, safety review of all 1800 bridges, after 1 year everyone had returned to their houses
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