The European Heatwave 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyCase studiesA2/A-levelOCR Created by: berraCreated on: 12-04-16 15:40 The European Heatwave ... 1 of 18 When? August 2003 2 of 18 Where, what and when was the highest recorded temperature? 39 degrees c in Brogdale, Kent on 10th August 3 of 18 What was the first cause? High pressure air brought a hot, dry tropical continental air mass to the UK 4 of 18 On what date did the air mass cover nearly all of Western Europe? 5th August 5 of 18 Deaths? 20,000 6 of 18 Deaths in UK, Italy and Portugal UK 2,000, ITA 3,100, POR 2,100 7 of 18 Water problems? (3) Reservoirs and rivers dried up, dehyration and hosepipe ban 8 of 18 Infrastructure problems? (3) Subsidence in buildings as the ground dried and shrunk, roads melted in Essex 9 of 18 Energy problems? (2) HEP schemes failed, 2 nuclear plants closed as water was a cooling agent 10 of 18 Agricultural problems? (4) Harvest yields fell by 20%, milk by 15%, livestock killed, soil erosion 11 of 18 Tourism impact? +4% to cooler coastal areas 12 of 18 Retail impacts? Sales of beer, ice and ice cream increased by 54% 13 of 18 How many ha of forest were destroyed in Portugal? 215,000 14 of 18 What % did reservoirs fall by on average? 50% 15 of 18 What did the Met Office do? Gave the Department of Health heatwave warnings 16 of 18 What did Network Rail do? Speed restrictions in areas above 30 degrees c 17 of 18 What did the French gov do? (2) Requested aid from the EU, efforts to improve prevention 18 of 18
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