1.1. What year was the What year was the Boxing Day tsunami?Boxing Day tsunami?

2.2. Where is Boscastle?Where is Boscastle?

3.3. How many Brits are at How many Brits are at risk of flooding?risk of flooding?

4.4. What are the 4 types What are the 4 types of flooding? of flooding?

5.5. What makes flooding What makes flooding worse in cities?worse in cities?

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20042004 CornwallCornwall 5 million5 million Fluvial, coastal, Fluvial, coastal,

pluvial and pluvial and ‘plumbing’‘plumbing’

concrete / tarmac concrete / tarmac or a lack of treesor a lack of trees

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6.6. How do you flood How do you flood proof a house? Give proof a house? Give threethree suggestions. suggestions.

7.7. What should be in a What should be in a flood kit? Give flood kit? Give fourfour suggestions.suggestions.

8.8. What What twotwo big cities big cities does the Mersey flow does the Mersey flow through?through?

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6.6. Avoid keeping valued Avoid keeping valued items at ground level, items at ground level, no carpets, high no carpets, high electrics, protect electrics, protect doorways, fit valves to doorways, fit valves to pipes, pipes, etcetc..

7.7. Torch, blankets, water, Torch, blankets, water, canned food, first aid, canned food, first aid, boots, mobile, boots, mobile, etcetc

8.8. Liverpool and Liverpool and ManchesterManchester

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11.11. Name Name fourfour types of natural types of natural hazard.hazard.

12.12. How would you warn How would you warn someone someone hard of hearinghard of hearing that a flood is coming? that a flood is coming?

13.13. What word do we need to What word do we need to be, if we want to be able to be, if we want to be able to cope with flooding, that cope with flooding, that begins with an “R”? begins with an “R”?

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Volcano, Volcano, earthquake, earthquake, hurricane / storm, hurricane / storm, drought, drought, etcetc..

Send a text Send a text messagemessage

Resilient!Resilient!

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