England under water

Just a fluke

or climate change?

England under water

General problems

• Many houses evacuated

• Diseases and contagion

• Lootings

England under water

• Nonrecurring or frequent in the future?

• More investments in flood defenses

England under water

The facts

• 200,000 people without safe drinking water

• 32 counties drown in chaos

• 382.4mm rainfall

• 3 billion pound damage

Useful phrases

• cut off: The floods cut off her village from the outside world.

• homes were evacuated: Some of my friends‘ homes

were evacuated.• lead to: The deluge led to devasting property

damage.• leave without: Thousands of others were left without

power or electricity.• become more common: Scientists think that such

freak weather will become more common.