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Somerset Levels Flooding
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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