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Case Study: UK Floods Cumbria. November 2009. Source: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/The-Papers---Newspaper-Front-Pages-. Key Questions. Where. did the floods happen? did they happen? did they occur? impacts did the floods have? was involved?. When. Why. What. Who.

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  1. Case Study: UK Floods Cumbria November 2009 Source: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/The-Papers---Newspaper-Front-Pages-

  2. Key Questions Where did the floods happen? did they happen? did they occur? impacts did the floods have? was involved? When Why What Who

  3. Where? Cumbria

  4. Where?

  5. Why?

  6. Why? 3. Warm ‘Conveyor’ stuck over Cumbria for 34 hours. Steady downpour maintained. 2. Warm air rises over the Cumbrian mountains, cools and condenses as heavy rain. 1. A 'conveyor' of warm, very moist sub-tropical air was carried towards Britain from south of the Azores. 4. Heavy rain enters region’s rivers. 5. Significant flooding at confluences of rivers in Cockermouth. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8376031.stm

  7. Record rainfall 316mm in 24 hrs! Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8376031.stm

  8. Empathising

  9. Empathising 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? William Wordsworth 1770-1860 http://www.flickr.com/photos/summonedbyfells/4093005237/ http://www.brilliantstudent.in/blog

  10. Self Evaluation

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