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Cumbrian Floods 2009 - Coggle Diagram
Cumbrian Floods 2009
Causes
- as the air cooled, it condensed to form heavy rain and the weather front stopped over Cumbria
- the large amounts of rain went into the River Derwent and River Cocker
- warm air from the mid-Atlantic headed towards land because of the prevailing winds
- Cockermouth is at the rivers' confluence so they suffered from a significant amount of flooding
- that warm air was forced upwards by the Cumbrian Mountains
Managment
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alerting people about the risk of potential flooding allows the public to evacuate the area before it happens, that reduces injuries and death
Impacts
Economic
the average cost of damage per household was £28,000
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3,057 businesses were negatively affected
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