Source: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/The-Papers---Newspaper-Front-Pages-

Case Study: UK FloodsCumbria

November 2009

did the floods happen?

did they happen?

did they occur?

impacts did the floods have?

was involved?

Key Questions

Who

Why

When

Where

What

Where? Cumbria

Where?

Why?

1. A 'conveyor' of warm, very moist sub-tropical air was carried towards Britain from south of the Azores.

2. Warm air rises over the Cumbrian mountains, cools and condenses as heavy rain.

5. Significant flooding at confluences of rivers in Cockermouth.

4. Heavy rain enters region’s rivers.

3. Warm ‘Conveyor’ stuck over Cumbria for 34 hours. Steady downpour maintained.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8376031.stm

Why?

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8376031.stm

Record rainfall

316mm in 24 hrs!

Empathising

Empathising

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1770-1860

Create a thought bubble about what must have been going on in the mind of one of the victims of

the floods.

How might you have coped in their situation?

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Good Okay Need helpI am able to describe the location of the floods and the worst affected areas. I can use my knowledge to explain the causes of the floods. I can describe the impacts of the floods upon people, the economy and the environment. I can express clearly my own personal response about this natural disaster.

Self Evaluation