MEDC Flooding-Case Study

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What date did the Carlisle flood happen?
8th June, 2005
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What river was involved in the flood?
River Eden
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Causes-How much rainfall fell in 36hours?
200mm
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Causes-What did the continuous rainfall do?
Saturated the soil, increasing runoff into the River Eden
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Causes-What is Carlisle?
A large urban area
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Causes-Name an example of an impermeable material. What did it do?
Concrete, increased runoff which caused the discharge of the River Eden to reach 1520 cumecs when its average discharge is 52cumecs
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Primary-How many deaths were there? Around how many people were made homeless?
3 deaths and around 3000 people made homless
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Primary-How many schools were severly flooded? How many businesses were shut down?
4 schools and 350 businesses
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What river was involved in the flood?

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River Eden

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Causes-What is Carlisle?

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