AO5 Researching a Major disaster Boscastle Floods 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Find a Google map of Boscastle to show where it is?

What date did the incident happen? What actually happened? What were the causes of the flood? How much rain actually fell? Was this the first time Boscastle had flooded?

7. Use the below link to access the timeline of what happened. Can you name as many of the emergency services that were deployed on that day as possible? http://www.floodwarn.co.uk/pdf/Boscastle_flood.pdf

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Fire-fighters from which stations were mobilized to Boscastle? Which fire service was the first to arrive on the scene at Boscastle? What role did the police play in the event? How were they able to help? RAF helicopters were scrambled from which bases? What role did these helicopters play? At 2100 hours fire relief crews from nearby stations were scrambled, what does this mean? During the rescue operation 6 fire fighters had to be airlifted, why do you think this was? Life boats were scrambled from nearby Lifeguard stations why was this? What Jobs did the fire fighters do on this day and after the event in the clean up operation?

17. Watch the video link below. What do you think flash flooding means? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrb0Ea0OkKU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjOEdeAAyA4&feature=fvst

18. How many casualties were there in the incident? 19. How many homes were flooded?