1. Why do rivers flood?
Why flooding occurs – the natural causes
and the ways in which people make it worse
Where floods have occurred in the UK
How the frequency of flooding seems to be
increasing

2. Floods occur when a river bursts its banks if it
is carrying so much water that it cannot be
confined to its usual course
It is an extreme situation due to high levels of
flow
The extent to which the river exceeds the flow
determines the severity of the flood and how
often flooding occurs
Usually bigger floods occur less often and less
severe flood events occur more infrequently

3. Tees
Humber
The flood threat to En
Trent
Great Ouse
Severn
Trent
Tees
Avon Thames
Severn
Thames
Avon
Great Ouse
Humber

4. Your turn …
• Textbook page 112
• Complete task 1
Remember to label graph – months and mm
Graph needs a title ‘ graph to compare average
rainfall with actual rainfall in Sheffield in 2007’
• Complete task 3 – for this you need to:
– mark on all the places listed in the table which have
experienced recent flooding event in the UK
– Then mark on the major rivers listed on the next slide
– shade the areas prone to flooding
– Give map a title

5. Source BBC

6. Investigate…..
Flooding in one of the following areas of the UK in 2007
• Tewkesbury
• Hull
• Sheffield
• Carlisle
Produce an informative and illustrated A4 display piece. You
must include a OS map of the area and annotated photographs.
Include mention of:
Causes
Social, economic and environmental effects
Rescue operation – who, what, where
What was done in the short term and long term

7. Carlisle
BBC Cumbria - Your flood stories
BBC - In Pictures: Carlisle Floods
BBC Video - Carlisle's Legacy Assessed
Cumbria Fire & Rescue Service - Carlisle Flo
Guardian - 'Bodies of elderly neighbours fou

8. Sheffield
• Two die in Sheffield flood chaos
• Floods
• Gallery Two: Floods in South Yorkshire
• Gallery One: Floods in South Yorkshire
• Flooding Help and Advice
• Concern over flood early warnings

9. Hull
• Drains fail in Hull
• Summer flooding 'swamped drains'
• In pictures: Hull floods
• Support pledged for flood areas
• Flood-hit Hull a 'forgotten city'
• When rain brought death to Hull
• http://www.coulthard.org.uk/hullfloods/
• Hull is 'forgotten city' of the flooding crisis
•
http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/page/0,,2119487,00.html

10. Tewkesbury
• Tewkesbury rivers burst
• Two dead after flooding accident
• Pensioners struggle without water
• Gloucester from the air
• Water treatment works repaired
• Man's body found in flooded area
• Flood-hit areas face further rain
• Water offenders 'will be jailed'
• Bowsers 'not being contaminated'
• Road clean up operation under way
• Pump fumes kill two in town
• Temporary water supply for Tewkesbury
Prime minister visits town

11. • July floods: At-a-glance
• Laser maps flood-prone areas
• Flood risk fear over key UK sites
• The summer floods: What happened
• 'National effort' urged on floods
• Laser maps flood-prone areas
• New measures to tackle flooding
• What can be done to prevent repeat flooding