Effects/impact of Morpeth floods

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A2 Geography AIB Mind Map on Effects/impact of Morpeth floods, created by Felicity Picton on 02/05/2014.
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Effects/impact of Morpeth floods
  1. Social
    1. residents
      1. 400+ evacuated
        1. lived in caravans
          1. coolgeography.com
          2. 70% rise in insurance
            1. 2000 forced to sleep away from home
              1. traumatised, living in fear that it could happen again
                1. loss of community feel
                2. schools had to close, transport not running & cant get medical care
                3. Shelter provided by...
                  1. King Edward VI school
                    1. County Hall
                      1. Town hall
                        1. coolgeography.com
                        2. 198 Properties in Middle Green area not warned
                          1. Firefighters, nurses, Raf, RNLI, british red cross
                            1. 1000 properties flooded or affected (900 houses)
                              1. jba consulting - morpeth council independent reviw
                              2. would have been much worse if it had happened at night
                              3. economic
                                1. flood water, extreme damage to business
                                  1. £40 mil damage
                                    1. 90 businesses affected
                                      1. £1mil lost in farming
                                        1. forced businesses into bankrupsy
                                      2. environmental
                                        1. septic tanks mixed w/flood water, contaminated
                                          1. toxic mud
                                            1. ecosystems
                                              1. food chains
                                              2. garages
                                                1. oil and chemicals
                                              3. COMPARING TO BANGLADESH 2007
                                                1. killed 1,100 ppl
                                                  1. 2.2mil acres cropland damaged
                                                    1. flood related deseases, 100,000
                                                      1. not as bad compared to this flood
                                                        1. info from coolgeography.com
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