FLOODING ADVICE SHEET
The aim is to find out 3 things:
1. What causes floods ?
Go to either of these sites:
http://sedul.hypermart.net/descrip.htm
http://www.extension.unr.edu/Flood/Flood.html -and follow some links to find out more.
2. What were the causes and effects of the River Rhine floods of 1995
e.g:
Germany, France, Belgium and the
Netherlands, 24 January-4 February, 1995
January was wet: the precipitation amount in this month was 1.5
to 3 times the average monthly total. The flooding of the rivers
Rhine and Meuse was of comparable magnitude with the 1993
flooding. Again, it was called "the flood of the
century". Over a period of 9 days the water level rose above
the critical level (when inundation begins). In 1993, this period
was 5 days. Although information is not yet fully consistent, it
is generally assumed that compared to the 1993 flood, the
rainfall was less intense but of a longer duration, and coincided
with frozen soils (which enhances surface runoff) and later snow
melting in the Ardennes and the Alpes. The peak runoff of the
Meuse at Maastricht was around 3100 m3/s. The peak runoff of the
Rhine was six times as high as the average runoff (2200 m3/s).
The precipitation in the period 22-30 January in the catchment
areas of the Rhine and the Meuse is characterised by the Royal
Netherlands Meteorological Organisation (KNMI, 1995) as
exceptional: in this century it only occurred two times earlier
(1926 and 1993).
Taken from Greenpeace site. Use a Search engine to find out more..
3. What can you do before, during and after a flood ?
Use Copy and Paste to take information and put it into Word.
Aim for a 2 page document, which can then be printed out on the HP LaserJet printer, but only AFTER I HAVE CHECKED YOUR DOCUMENT!