Somerset levels flooding 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyNatural hazardsGCSEAQA Created by: Nicole cockburnCreated on: 18-11-18 11:02 How big is The Somerset Levels? 650-kilometres-squared 1 of 35 Where is Somerset Levels? South-West-England 2 of 35 What is most of it made up of? Low-level-farmland 3 of 35 What drove low pressure storms from the Atlantic Ocean to the UK, in Autumn and Winter 2013-2014? Powerful-Atlantic-jet-streams 4 of 35 How much more was the monthly rainfall in December 2013 than on average? Twice 5 of 35 What did more rain cause? Saturated-ground-causing-River-Parrett-and-Tone-flood 6 of 35 How long had the two Rivers not been dredged for? Twenty-years 7 of 35 What did no dredging result in? Built-up-sediment 8 of 35 What did storms in February 2014 lead to? Further flooding 9 of 35 Social effect- 1 Villages-inaccessible-except-by-boat 10 of 35 Social effect- 2 Schools-closed 11 of 35 Social effect- 3 600-homes-damaged 12 of 35 Social effect- 4 Power-outages 13 of 35 Social effect- 5 Residents-evacuated-several-months 14 of 35 Economic Effect- 1 Businesses-forced-close 15 of 35 Economic Effect- 2 Roads-and-rail-links-damaged 16 of 35 Economic Effect- 3 115km2-farmland-remained-flooded-ruining-crops 17 of 35 Total cost £145million 18 of 35 Environmental effect- 1 Sewage-chemical-oil-water-pollution 19 of 35 Environmental Effect- 1 impact Contaminated-land 20 of 35 Environmental effect- 2 Deoxygenated-water-damaged-habitats-and-ecosystems 21 of 35 Environmental effect- 3 Debris-caused-litter 22 of 35 Immediate Response- 1 Royal-marines-and-rescue-boats 23 of 35 Immediate Response- 2 UK-Government-£30million-help 24 of 35 What is the first p in PPP, created by authorities to prevent future floods? Prediction 25 of 35 What is the second p in PPP, created by authorities to prevent future floods? Planning 26 of 35 What is the third p in PPP, created by authorities to prevent future floods? Protection 27 of 35 Long term response- 1 EA-installed-giant-pumps-from-Netherlands 28 of 35 What does EA stand for Environment-Agency 29 of 35 How much did the Somerset Council spend on a 20-year flood plan? £20million 30 of 35 How did they prevent transport link disruption? Raised-road-levels 31 of 35 What improvements were made to rivers?-1 Dredged 32 of 35 What improvements were made to rivers?-2 Riverbanks 33 of 35 What improvements were made to rivers?-3 Pumps 34 of 35 What did they increase the capacity of? King-Sedgemoor-Drain 35 of 35
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