Flooding in Yorkshire.

Long term effects

People have to spend more than 15 million pounds to repair their houses. If people are not careful when they are cleaning their houses they could catch diseases like typhoid. Farmer crops will be ruined for this year due to the floods. Farmers wouldn't have any crops to sell because their field grounds are full of saturated water. Some small business has been hit very hard. Businesses have to make repairs. But most of the small business can't afford for the repairs. Stocks in the business have been ruined or swept away by the floods or floating in the floodwaters. In future years to come you will find out you have to pay more insurance money than what you are paying now. This is because the money the insurance companies are paying you now should be claimed back by the insurance company or they will go bankrupt as well if another floods hit the United Kingdom.

So this means there are lots of repair to be made and it also means that there are lots of millions of pounds to be made.

There are lots of reasons for the causes of flooding. The most obvious cause of flooding is that it rained most of September and the drainage systems are full of water. When it rain again very heavy there was nowhere for the water to go except the rivers because the grounds were saturated as well. The other problem for the cause of flooding in York and Barbly because they built flood defences to protect York the rainwater went to Barbly. The other reason is that the farmers do not want water in their fields so they built tubes underground so hat the water can be taken out of the fields immediately. This left the water to go the river immediately instead of it taking a long time to reach the rivers and the river had no opinion expect to burst their banks. The other reason is that they built houses in flooding areas and plain. They thought that they have protected the areas from flooding. But they have not protected enough because the houses have been flooded now. Most people are thinking it is the Global Warming to be blamed as the research show. But from my opinion I do not think it is Global Warming to blame on in this particular event. It may have been so in different events in different countries.

Here are some pictures to show the situations in York.

This picture has been taken in York. Most of the houses in York have been covered with water.

This is how a racecourse in York looks like. Then you could see how people travelled in York.

This is a satellite image of a low pressure sweeping across the United Kingdom.

The Government has to find solutions to lots of thinks. They have to find a way to manage floods in future. He best think is to do nothing and keep quite about it. The other ting is not to build houses on flooding areas and flood plains. For example Otley's children park near Prince Henry's Grammar School is built for the purpose of it flooding. When it floods who cares if a children's park get flooded. All the other ways are going to cost money. You could plan an emergency action plan so that when a flood hits you know what you are doing. Built flood proofs buildings so that no water gets inside people's house. Regulating land use (zoning). Flood insurance programme so that when it floods the insurance does not have to pay millions of pounds and increase your insurance money in the coming years. Devise washland areas all this means that do not built anything in flooding areas and flood plains. Create detention basins this means that when the river gets full of water to find somewhere for the water to go. For example: The river Wharfe water is taken out of the river when it is full of water and it is higher than normal level and been put into a lake. Build barrages or flood barriers all this means is to built flood defences all round the country to protect it from flooding in future. Built embankments. This means that to builds wall around the river so that the river never floods. Even though you can't see the river at least it stop it from flooding and saves millions of pounds and properties and peoples lives. All these things cost money.

The ways that the government can manage are:

* Do nothing

* Plan emergency action

* Flood proofs buildings

* Regulate land use

* Flood insurance programme

* Devise washland areas

* Create detention basins

* Build barrages/flood barriers

Build embankments.

In the past few weeks all of us have learnt something. Like not to build houses on flooding areas or flood plains. If you are buying houses you better check if the area is flood proof. The insurance companies have to spent millions of pound to repair the houses, which have been flooded. Business have to make up for the lost days and the money like working on Saturdays. The Government either does nothing about the floods or builds flood barriers and embankment on the river so the floods can't do any damage. People clearing out their houses should be very careful so they don't catch any disease like typhoid. If they know there are going to be floods they could warn people so they can either evacuate from their homes or protect their properties by putting sandbags and furniture by shifting them upstairs.

These are some information why floods are causes, how we can protect that happening?

Weather conditions:

* Prolonged period of rainfall

* Torrential storm

* Arrival of warm front

* Frozen grounds

Natural characteristics:

* Well-developed meanders

* High tides downstream

* Gentle long profile of river

* Impermeable rocks

* Large sediment load

* Floodplain close to sea level

* Confluence of major rivers

* Steep upper profile