boscastle

Cards (10)

  • what paper is boscastle on?
    paper 1
  • where is it located?
    notth cornwall
  • what caused it?
    • heavy rainfall (89mm in 2 hours)
    • ground was already saturated
  • 75 cars + 6 buildings washed away
  • trees were uprooted
  • 58 properties flooded
  • people were made homeless - 1 year for tourism to return
  • in 2008, the environment agency spent £10 million making the tiger wider and deeper - raising the car park + bridge - removing dead trees and replanting
  • (POSITIVES) would mean boscastle is safer if another flood happens so the risk of future flooding is reduced along with improved biodiversity
  • (NEGATIVES) some residence don’t like the new bridge as it doesn’t fit in and residents were disrupted during the project