Carlisle (Rivers)🌊 Flashcards
(11 cards)
1
Q
How much rain fall fell in 36 hours?
A
200mm
2
Q
What did continuous rain fall do?
A
Saturate the soil - increasing runoff into River Eden
3
Q
What is Carlisle?
A
A large urban area
4
Q
What did the discharge of River Eden reach?
A
1520 cumecs (average is 52 cumecs)
5
Q
Primary effect : how many people died?
A
3 deaths
6
Q
Primary effects : how many people made homeless?
A
Around 3,000.
7
Q
Primary effect : how many schools flooded?
A
4
8
Q
Primary effect : how many businesses shut down?
A
350
9
Q
Primary effect : how many addresses lost power?
A
70,000
10
Q
Secondary effect : what did children loose out on?
A
An education - schools closed for months.
11
Q
Secondary effects : how many jobs were at risk?
A
3,000
