Somerset Levels Flooding

• 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