UK weather Flashcards
What weather hazards does the UK experience
Heavy rainfall can cause flooding which can damage homes or drown people e.g. in parts of South Wales it flooded in 2018
Heat waves can cause breathing problems or heat exhaustion which can kill people e.g. 2018 was one of the hottest summers on record with tempearures reaching 35 degrees in kent
How is weather in uk becoming more extreme
More rainfall record were broken between 2010 and 2014
Temperature 2018 was the hottest summer on record for UK
Somerset storms 2013-2014
LOts of rain fell on already saturated ground, causing extensive flooding
HUmans also played a part since the river hasnt been dredged for 20 years, which reduced their capacity
social impacts:
More than 600 homes were flooded
INsurance prices soared
ENvironmental impacts:
Tonnes of mud and debris were left by floods, damaging vegetation
11,500 hecaters were flooding, in cluding farm land which further destroyued many crops
Economic imoacts:
local companies lost moe than £1.2 million in business
THe total cost of damage was £80 mil[lion
Management strategies used:
Warning systems gave people time to prepare
THe goverment has set up a 20 year plan to limit risk of future flooding. £100 million will be spent on regular dredging of rivers Parrett and Tone
Building a tidal barrage at Bridgwater
