A small north cornish town popular with tourists approximately 800 residents was flooded just by one little small innocent river.
how this flood started. it was a really bad storm the rain was that quickly it wasn't setting into the slopes so it just ran down the slopes into the river it took 2 hours for them to have one month's worth of rain
the effects of the flood
- 25 business properties were destroyed
- 50 buildings were destroyed
- 4 footbridges washed away
- pavements and gardens washed away because of the weight of the water
- roads were blocked so the people had to get rescued by helicopters
- burst sewers
- £20 million insurance had to be paid out
Credits:
Created with images by mcaretaker - "Before the Flood" • ARG_Flickr - "Boscatle" • Bob Linsdell - "Boscastle Harbour, Cornwall (461367)"