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19 Cards in this Set
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PRIMARY CAUSE
How much rain fell in 24 hours? |
316mm, broke British records
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PRIMARY CAUSE
How long did the rain fall for? |
34 hours solid
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PRIMARY RESPONSE
How many people were airlifted out of Cockermouth? |
200
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SOCIAL/ECONOMIC EFFECT
How many bridges collapsed? |
4
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SOCIAL/ECONOMIC EFFECT
How many bridges were closed? |
12
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ECONOMIC EFFECT
What was the cost of the flood for the insurance? |
£100 million
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What was the average amount of money spent repairing the houses?
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£28,000
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SHORT TERM RESPONSE
What did Network Railway open? |
A temporary station
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LONG TERM RESPONSE
How much did the Cumbrian Flood Recovery receive in how many days? |
£1 million in 10 days
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LONG TERM RESPONSE
How much did the Environmental Agency spend to identify the level of flood protection? |
£100,000
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What rescue teams were launched?
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RNLI and RAF
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When did it happen?
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November 2009
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CAUSE
Which two rivers were already full from previous rainfall? |
Derwent and Cocker
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What other causes?
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The Cumbrian Mountains steep slopes help the water flow into the rivers rapidly
Ground was already saturated so surface run off happened a lot more quickly |
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PRIMARY EFFECT
How many homes were flooded? |
1300
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How many people died?
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1 man, PC Bill Barker
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What other secondary effect?
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Businesses flooded which caused long-term difficulties for the local economy
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How much did the new management scheme cost?
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£4.4 million
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What were the other long term responses?
Name 4 |
New flood wall built
River dredged more regularly to deepen channel New embankments built to raise river banks New floodgates built at the back of houses on Waterloo Street |
