Boscastle Flood

Question 1

When?

Answer 1

16 of August 2004

Question 2

Where?

Answer 2

At the confluence of river Jordan and river Valency

Question 3

Primary effects

Answer 3

• more than 50 cars were washed out to sea
• 25 business properties destroyed
• 50 buildings damaged
• 4 footbridges washed away

Question 4

Secondary effects

Answer 4

• 20 million pounds paid by insurance companies
• people lost jobs
• devastated 90 percent of the local economy, coming from tourism
• expensive to clean the city from mud and debris

Question 5

Immediate responses

Answer 5

-people were rescued by helicopter

Question 6

Long-term responses

Answer 6

• the flood-defence scheme cost 4.6 million pounds
• widening the channel
• raising car park to protect cars
• relocate lower bridge with raised arch to prevent debris to build up

Question 7

Causes Physical

Answer 7

• saturated ground
• steep saturated sides of Valency Valley
• the confluence of 2 rivers Valency and Jordan

Question 8

Causes Human

Answer 8

• less significant
• lack of any flood control
• old drainage system
• small bridges with low arches causing debris to get stuck, creating dams