Boscastle
A reminder about some of the Boscastle-related links that we looked at last week (and some that we didn't):
Comprehensive coverage of the flood including a timeline and meteorological data from geographyalltheway.com
The findings of the Environment Agency's investigations into the flood.
GeoProjects KeyFile
And a Geogtastic6 post about Boscastle from last year.
UK Floods 2007
Some images showing the impacts of the flooding in Sheffield - thanks to Andy Pinks:
The main cause of the Boscastle flood was very heavy rainfall combined with the topography of the area causing a rapid increase in the discharge of the River Valency and the River Jordan... In the case of the floods that affected much of the UK in 2007, however, rainfall was higher than normal, but pluvial flooding - caused by surface runoff - is thought to have been a major element.
Thanks to GeoBlogs for this PowerPoint which looks at the causes, impacts and responses of the floods and some of the (very complex) issues involved:
This report from the Association of British Insurers makes some interesting points about planning and preparation for similar floods in the future, and it's worth having a read of this Guardian article about the problems of predicting pluvial flooding.
The Environment Agency's pages about the UK floods make for interesting reading ("Currently, surface water flooding is not part of our remit. We are responsible for issuing warnings for flooding from rivers and the sea only...") - and they also contain a variety of useful links, including to the Pitt Review.
The BBC Panorama programme Keeping Britain Dry doesn't seem to be available any more, but you can read the transcript, together with a whole host of links to news articles, images and video clips.
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