example of weather events

What was the beast from the East (2018)

Extreme weather of snowy conditions, causing extreme disruptions to the economy and people, causing lorries and cars to get stuck and deaths such as a 7 year old girl who died from a car crashing into her home

2022 heat wave

In July Uk hit its highest temperature pf 40.3 degrees which is very extreme as Uk normally doesn’t have weather above high twenties

When was Boscastle

2004

What caused Boscastle

Heavy rainfall of 89mm in one hour, with narrow river channels not being able to cope with that much water causing bridges to get blocked up giving the water no where to go

Effects of Boscastle

58 properties flooded, 84 cars washed away, two million worth of damage and a lot of trees uprooted

Management strategies used at Boscastle

Car park raised, bridges replaces with stronger ones, river channel dredged becoming deeper