The damaged areas were rebuilt while a series of small improvements designed to increase capacity were added to flood defences around Cumbria and the Lake District. Since the event, there has been increased discussion in the area and around the country of the impacts of global warming on the UK climate. While global warming will potentially increase the spread of desert lands around the world it has the potential to make UK winters wetter and more intense.
It is not clear whether the increased rainfall was the result of global warming but many in Cumbria now believe that their livelihoods are directly affected by the phenomenon.
Similarly, floods in left thousands of people displaced from their homes, which took years to be resolved. He said factors such as the way land is managed and changing farming practices were likely to have only a small effect, compared with the overriding force of changing weather. This is believed to be the first time such an analysis has been used to gauge recent flooding against historic norms in the UK, and the same technique could be used elsewhere to form a wider picture of flooding in Britain in recent years.
The researchers studied Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria, where each flooding event leaves a distinct layer of sediment at the bottom.
Flooding leaves much coarser sediment than normal deposits, because it washes in large amounts of material from the surrounding hills and streams. As the air cooled, it condensed to form heavy rain.
The weather front stopped over Cumbria. The falling rain poured into the River Derwent and River Cocker. Cockermouth is located at the rivers' confluence and as a result, suffered significant flooding. Impacts Social 1, homes were flooded. BBC Introducing. E-mail this to a friend Printable version. A flooded Appleby-in-Westmorland. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play.
Roof of submerged car visible at Cockermouth. Pc Barker had been with the Cumbria force for 25 years. BBC News: Police officer missing in floods. BBC News: Floods body is missing policeman. Collapsed road bridge on the A across the River Derwent in Workington. Damage to Wordsworth house in Cockermouth. Skips line the Main street in Cockermouth.
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