extreme weather- UK

• Causes:

  Heavy and prolonged rainfall

  Rivers had limited capacity

  food defences outdates
• impacts - cockermouth

  900 propertises + 1400 people impacted

  72% of tourist businesses effected

  increases in insurance costs in the area

  disruption to road + rail networks

  death

  seweraage washed into water bodies
• responses-cockermouth

  emergency services carried out rescue operations and evacuated residents

  volunteers provided food

  government funding for reconstruction

  plans for improved flood defences
• Location: Cockermouth , Cumbria , NW england ,november 2009