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Carlisle Flood: Basic Facts
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January 2005, Carlisle, England
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Carlisle Flood: Causes
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December 2004, heavy rain fell for 2 weeks saturated the ground.
Followed by bad weather in January for 3 days, where 15% annual rainfall fell in 36 hours. Discharge reached 1,500 cumecs Impermeable rock (slate and volcanic around) Large basin size of 2290km² Urbanisation |
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Carlisle Flood: Impacts
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Social:
-3 deaths -3000 made homeless -One man committed suicide Economic: -350 businesses shut -United Biscuits spent £5 million on repair bills -Roads, railways and bridges destroyed/down for 2 days -Homes cost more to repair, due to materials and inside objects -Clean up cost $250 million -Carlisle had damage to infrastructure Environmental: -Roads and houses damaged and covered in mud. |
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Carlisle Flood: Responses
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-Search and rescue -Emergency services (police, coast guard, firemen etc) called in for rescue -People were taken to shelters (schools, churches etc) -Businesses were provided meantime premises -Roads and railways were repaired LONG -People affected were given tax discounts -Council gave £1.5 million to help residents clean up -ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PROVIDED A FLOOD MANAGEMENT PLAN: water pumping, removing obstructions in the rivers etc. |
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Philippines Flood: Basic Facts
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-26th September 2009
-Island of Luzon, capital Manila -Typhoon Ketsana moved slowly over the island causing torrential rainfall -455mm fell in 12 hours (highest ever in Philippines) -250 died |
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Philippines Flood: Causes
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September-hurricane season, several storms had already passed through, ground was already saturated
Typhoon Ketsana brought heavy rain fall Storm drains couldn't handle flash floods Government underestimated it Deforestation on the hills caused landslides and surface run off. |
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Philippines Flood: Impacts
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Social:
-250 killed -60,000 homeless -power and water cut off -mental distress shown on social network sites Economic: -Homes and businesses destroyed -International airport shut for a day -$100 million total cost of flood -3% of future rice production was lost due to damage to farm land. LIC, mostly agriculture. Environmental: -Floods left thick mud on roads and houses -100,000 liters of oil leaked from a paper factory -Landslides ruined land and farmland |
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Philippines Flood: Responses
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-Search and rescue in the first few hours
-Government couldn't afford anything, so asked UN (USA Japan, China) for aid -Everybody in the world helped on social network sites, such as donating money online -Red Cross and Coast Guards helped |
