Year 7: Wild Weather

Wild weather causes flooding across the UK – 5 Sept 2008

Sort the statements into two groups:

Group 1: Causes of the flooding

Group 2: Effects of the flooding

STATEMENTS:

Cornwall and Oxfordshire have seen A number of roads are under water in
rainfall reach 10mm (0.4in). Gloucestershire and a road in Crumlin in
Monmouthshire was closed following a
landslide

South Wales saw 23mm (0.9in) of rain Fire crews and council workers were
between 0600 and 1200 BST on called to homes in the Lydney area of
Wednesday. Gloucestershire on Thursday after flash
floods.

Arriva Trains is advising people in south The ground is saturated after an

east Wales not to travel by train as all rail unusually wet August, increasing the risk
services are severely disrupted by of flooding across the UK, experts said.
flooding

Woman and baby trapped in house, The day saw some parts of the South
Cynon valley West receiving 50mm (2in) of rain - four-
fifths of the amount in a typical month.

Trains disrupted Cardiff-Swansea, Ebbw Some places have suffered more than a
Vale and Caerphilly month of rainfall in 24 hours

34 flood warnings on rivers in south and A470 closed for hours southbound
west Wales between the Abercynon roundabout and
the Pontypridd junctions

Stena Line's 0855 BST and 1500 BST

sailings cancelled, Holyhead

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7599501.stm

Additional material from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7599546.stm, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7497468.stm,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ukweather/pressure.shtml
Wild weather causes flooding across the UK

On the 5th of September 2008, wild weather swept across the UK causing many areas to
flood. The effects were very serious for some people.

The effects

Try and explain the impact of the effects by using the connectives below:

This meant that As a result Therefore

Firstly, a number of roads were under water in Gloucestershire and a road in Crumlin in
Monmouthshire was closed following a landslide. This meant that _____________________

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Secondly, __________________________________________________________________

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In addition, ________________________________________________________________

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Now see if you can describe and explain some other effects without the prompts:

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Level descriptors

3 Describe the effects of the flood

4 Describe in detail what happened as a result of the wild weather
5 Begin to explain what the impact was on people and places
6 Explain in detail what the impact was on people, places and the economy

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