Desmond caused huge amounts of damage across parts of the UK this December, particularly in parts of Cumbria which has now experience several large flood events over recent years, this has now developed further with Storm Eva which I will post about soon.
Before the holiday students had the chance to research the flood to explore the impact of peoples lives.
Anisia found out the following information along with some footage of the flooding.
The UK flooding is a recent problem that people face daily now in some parts of the UK. This damage was caused over the last 3 days and had made it harder for everybody in the UK (parts that are affected) to travel from place to place and even difficult to get out of the house, if the house is still in good shape. Schools, hospital services and travel have been disrupted after Storm Desmond brought winds, terrifying rain and flooding to the UK, making them towns of rivers. In Cumbria and Lancashire more than 43,000 homes are suffering from power cuts, while an estimated 5,200 homes have been affected by flooding.
Meilin found used a
Guardian article and found out...
The flood and rain in the UK has made headlines in most newspapers. Thousands of homes and businesses have been consumed by the flood, across northern England and Scotland.Weather forecasts say that the heavy rain and wind will persist for the up coming weeks. Luckily, people will not have to pay council taxes and business rates until they are back to their properties.
The rain keeps on coming and just last night December 23rd more flooding was taking place.
