UK Weather Hazards Case Study: Somerset 2014
Geography: AQA GCSE, topic 1.3.17
Extreme Weather in the UK - Somerset Levels Floods 2014
Flooding affected the Somerset Levels in 2014. The Somerset Levels is a low-lying area of south-west England.
Record rainfall
- Record rainfall in January and February 2014 saturated the land.
- The record rainfall caused the rivers and drains to overflow.
Tidal rivers
- The rivers in this area are tidal.
- Tidal rivers go up and down with the tide.
- High tides made the flooding worse.
The Environment Agency
- Some people blamed the Environment Agency for the flooding as the rivers hadn't been dredged for 20 years.
- Dredging a river is when you take out mud from the bed of a river.
Test yourself on UK Weather Hazards Case Study: Somerset 2014
Which of these is true about the Somerset Levels before the flooding in 2014?