BOSCASTLE 2004

• Where is Boscastle?

  North Cornwall
• What type of town is Boscastle?

  An old fishing port now turned into a tourist location
• What % does tourism make of Boscastle‘s local economy?

  90%
• How was Boscastle vulnerable to a flood event?

  Located in a V shaped valley at the confluence of 2 rivers, the storm was localised and 200mm of rain fell in 24 hours
• How can we see the Boscastle storm was localised?

  Rain gauges 3km east measured 184mm of rain, whereas rain gauges 14km south only measured 1.5mm of rain
• How many Boscastle properties were damaged?

  58 properties were flooded and 4 washed away entirely
• How many cars were lost in Boscastle?

  115 cars
• What was the total cost of the flood (damage, long term disruption and rescue efforts)

  £50 million
• In Boscastle, the flood also caused a petrol flow into the ocean
• What were the 5 management schemes of the Boscastle flood?

  Lowering and widening channels, creating braided channels, replacing the bridge, raising the car park, and rebuilding the culvert under the hotel
• Rebuilding Boscastle bridge

  The bridge was replaced further downstream and raised up, to reduce risk of it being blocked again
• Widening and Lowering Channels

  This increases water capacity of the river incase of another flood, reducing chance of banks bursting
• Braided Channels

  Channels are being altered to have wider bends with sediment in the channels to reduce speed of water flowing downstream
• Raising Boscastle car park

  Material used from the widening of the river beds is being used to built the car park up higher, reducing chance of vehicles being washed away
• Relief culvert under the hotel

  The original culvert under the hotel has been rebuilt to allow twice the capacity of water it did before the flood