Boscastle

• Boscastle

  • 0 deaths
  • Damaged homes and tourist attractions
  • 7 helicopters needed to rescue 150 people
• Boscastle

  • £4.5 million to improve flood defences
  • Raised height of car park
  • Drainage
  • Chanel is wider and deeper with no bridge
• Factors causing flooding in Boscastle

  • Heavy rainfall 60mm in 2 hours
  • V shaped valley
  • Multiple tributaries
  • Narrow channel and bridges