Flooding in the UK

Responses
1. Soft management
  1. Local
    1. Floodplains
      1. Floodplain areas were designated in the case of flooding
  2. Government
    1. Rivers were dredged in advance for further floods
    3. A flood warning system was created
2. Hard management
  1. Local
    1. Flood barriers were made in front of houses
    2. Houses were raised with steps in front
    3. Floodwalls, dams and structures were built near rivers
Effects
1. Public
  1. Transport
    1. Train services were disrupted by floods
    2. Parts of the A1 motorway were flooded
  2. Agriculture
    1. Farms
      1. Fields were flooded
        Crops were destroyed lowering income for the farmers for a while
        Farmers had to pay to take care of livestock whose fields were destroyed
        The silage quality of the soil was reduced
  3. Housing
    1. Houses were flooded and/or destroyed
      1. Large quantities of silt and dirty water were deposited into homes
        These houses had to be demolished on fear of uncleanliness or disease
        Individuals had to pay to repair/rebuild their house, or in some cases buy another
        These individuals had to live in caravans while their houses were being repaired/rebuilt
  4. Services
    1. Electricity
      1. Substations were flooded so many homes were left without electricity
    2. Water Purification
      1. Water Purification plants were flooded so many citizens had to use bottled water as a substitute
  5. Business
    1. Businesses were flooded and closed reducing income and pay
  6. Various events were cancelled due to the flooding
2. Environment
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  2. The soil was saturated for many days, increasing rainfall
Causes
1. Nature
  1. Rainfall
    1. Rainclouds 'went the wrong way' over the Pennines Mountains
    2. Saturated ground after previous rainfall caused convectional rainfall and mass surface runoff
    3. Supercells brought heavy rain
  2. Ocean
    1. Low pressure in the Atlantic Ocean caused more rainfall
    2. The Jet-stream became super-charged
  3. Events in the Americas moved over to affect England
Solutions
1. Government
  1. Levees
    1. Levees were constructed next to riverbanks out of stone and mud
  2. Several rivers were dredged to prevent further damage
  3. Emergency services were called to help those trapped by floods
2. Public
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  2. Sandbags were placed in front of homes, substations and purification plants
By Damian Kwok 4O

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