Somerset Levels Flood

• Impacts

  • Wettest jan since records began
  • 350 mm of rain
  • 600 houses flooded
  • £10 million damage
  • 16 farms evacuated
  • Floodwaters contaminated
• Short Term Responses

  • 3000 sandbags provided
• Long Term Responses

  • 8km of river dredged
  • Roads have been raised