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Geography case study - MEDC flood
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- 1Where? When? What river?- Boscastle, Cornwall
- 16th August 2004
- River Valency - 2Causes?- 60mm of rainfall fell in 2 hours
- The flood coincided with high tide
- Boscastle is located at the confluence of 3 rivers
- The ground was already saturated from the previous two weeks of average rainfall
- Steep slopes and impermeable surfaces caused rapid surface run off - 3Effects?- Many buildings were swept away
- Income from tourism was lost
- No deaths however someone did break there thumb
- Houses, cars and businesses that belonged to 1000 people were swept away - 4Responses?- New flood defense built
- Low bridge removed
- Major incident was declared to the nation at 5pm that evening
- RAF search and rescue were alerted to help find trapped people
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- A case study of the Boscastle floods
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- Edward Aris
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