Somerset Levels Flooding

Cards (10)

  • What caused the Somerset Levels flooding?
    -Rivers hadn't been dredged in 20 years
    -High rainfall in January and February
  • When was the Somerset Levels flooding?
    2014
  • How many homes were flooded due to the Somerset Levels flooding?
    600 homes
  • How many farms were flooded due to the Somerset Levels flooding?
    16 farms
  • What contaminated floodwater?

    Sewage
  • Villages were cut off
  • Power supply, roads and railway cut off
  • How many miles of the River Tone and Parrett was dredged?
    8 km
  • Cost of Flood Action Plan launched?
    £20 million
  • What did cut off villages use as transport?
    Boats