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Description
Mind Map by Jono Barnes, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jono Barnes
over 8 years ago
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Boscastle Flood
- Causes
- 60mm+ rainfall in 2 hours
- Ground saturated due to
2 weeks of above average
rainfall
- Drainage basin has sleep slopes
and areas of impermeable slate
causing rapid surface run-off
- Boscastle is at the
confluence of
three rivers
- River Valency
- River Jordan
- River Paradise
- River Valency
- 60mm+ rainfall in 2 hours
- Effects
- Homes, businesses and
cars swept away
- Income from tourism was
lost, impacting the local
economy
- Vast number of
insurance
claims
- No deaths
- Homes, businesses and
cars swept away
- Responses
- Sandbags put in place
- £4.5 million flood
defence scheme
- Helicopters from RAF and Navy
rescued people
- Buildings searched
- Drainage systems improved
- River banks reinforced
- Channels widened
and deepened
- Sandbags put in place
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