What type of weather conditions does a depression bring?
Unsettled weather with varied rainfall
Settled weather, dry and clear skies
Settled weather, usually constant rainfall
What type of weather conditions does an anticyclone bring to the UK in the summer?
What is relief rainfall?
When a warm front meets a cold front leading to heavy rainfall
It occurs during the summer in the UK, when the sun heats the land
When warm, moist air from the Atlantic Ocean rises up over mountains
What is frontal rainfall?
When warm moist air from the Atlantic Ocean rises up over mountains
What is convectional rainfall?
What type of rainfall was the cause of the Cumbrian floods?
Relief rainfall
Frontal rainfall
Convectional rainfall
How much rainfall fell in 24 hours which led to the Cumbrian floods?
21 cm
29 cm
31 cm
Which is a social impact of the Cumbrian floods?
Four bridges were destroyed
People had to be evacuated
Insurance claims were said to be over £325 million
Which is an economic impact of the Cumbrian floods?
How do the Environmental Agency help reduce the risks of flooding?
They send out flood warnings
They provide emergency services such as helicopters
The provide money to help with the clean up