Thursday 26 February 2009

The Flooding of Boscastle 2004



Location



LOCATION: Situated 5 miles in from the coast, North Cornwall, England.
The location is generally typical V shaped valley feature with 2 rivers converging- The Jordan and The Valency (the river which caused much of the problems). The village of Boscaslte was traditionally a quiet fishing village but more recently (and especially since the floods of 2004) it has become a popular tourist attraction.







The Story of the Flood


Read a BBC new artice following the events.





CAUSES: What were the main causes of the flood?






EFFECTS: Who and what was effected by the floods?






SOLUTIONS: What was done to prevent this sort of flooding diaster from occurring again?


For an audio visual summary - see Juicy Geography website:








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