Sommerset floods
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- happend in 2014
- caused by heavy rainfall To saturated ground
- High tides and storm surge in Bristol Channel meant rivers couldn’t discharge well
- 600 houses flooded
- 16 farms evacuated
- £10m worth of damage
- 14k hectares of farm land flooded
- flood water contaminated with sewage
- 8km of rivers dredged
- 9th May 2023 major incident declared in Sommerset - homes evacuated and mudslides after flash flooding hit area