Boscastle 2004 Flooding
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- Created on: 21-04-13 07:35
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- Boscastle 2004 Flooding
- Aug 16, 2004
- Boscastle, Cornwall, South England
- Causes
- Human
- Impermeable areas of slate (buildings constructed) on floodplain + confluence of River Jordan + Valency
- Minimal vegetation restricts maximum absorption of water, high surface run-off
- Impermeable areas of slate (buildings constructed) on floodplain + confluence of River Jordan + Valency
- Human
- Effects
- Tourism
- 75 cars swept into sea
- 4 properties swept away
- £25mlost from lack of tourism in following 8-12 weeks
- 90% of Boscastle economy dependent on tourism
- 2/3 earned during school holiday (when the flood struck)
- Boscastle business can claim insurance min. £15mfor 'disruption to trading'
- Cornwall businesses disrupted by lack of touristsin Boscastle cannot claim
- 1m+ tourists into North Cornwall annually, contributing £225m to Cornwall economy
- 20 hotels + inns hsut down
- 75 cars swept into sea
- Emergency
- Only 2 helicoptes at a time (steep valleys)roads blocked.
- River + sea water contaminated by sewage from 300m blocked pipes
- Tourists packed into hotels and guesthouses
- 10 days for locals to be allowed back into housing
- Floodedby 6m of mud and water on average
- Tourism
- Physical
- Causes
- Human
- Impermeable areas of slate (buildings constructed) on floodplain + confluence of River Jordan + Valency
- Minimal vegetation restricts maximum absorption of water, high surface run-off
- Impermeable areas of slate (buildings constructed) on floodplain + confluence of River Jordan + Valency
- Human
- Causes
- Narrow river channels
- Physical
- Physical
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