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Rivers - Case Study:
Sheffield 2007
- 2 drowned
- 1200 homes flooded
- 1000 businesses affected
- 13,000 without
power for 2 days
- Hillsborough and
Northwest Sheffield
- Hillsborough football
stadium flooded up to 8m
deep (cost several million £)
- 43% of homes on 1 estate flooded
- Families had to move
into caravans in winter
- Health risks from sewage escaping
- Hillsborough football
stadium flooded up to 8m
deep (cost several million £)
- City Centre
& River Don
Floodplain
- 23 people airlifted
- Trains & buses cancelled,
people unable to get home
- 900 spent night in their offices
- 200 stranded on
1st floor of Royal
Mail Distribution
Centre
- 23 people airlifted
- Lower Don Valley
- Clarkson Osborn
(a company)
suffered £15
million damage
- Meadowhall
Shopping Centre
closed for a week,
some shops for 3
months
- Meadowhall's
defences, meant
to withstand a
1-in-100 year flood,
we overwhelmed
- Clarkson Osborn
(a company)
suffered £15
million damage
- Ulley
Reservoir
Area
- 700
residents
evacuated
for up to 2
weeks
- 100 people sheltered at Dinnington School
- Salvation Army provided neccesities
- 100 people rehoused for up to 1 year
- A burst dam closed M1
motorway for 2 days
between junctions 32 and 36
- 700
residents
evacuated
for up to 2
weeks
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