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2007 Floods
Visit the Managing Flood Risk area developed in conjunction with the Environment Agency, which features three comprehensive flood risk management case studies.
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| Flooding in Asia - 2 August |
Recent flooding in the UK has been mild compared to the catastrophic events currently taking place in South Asia. Widespread flooding has occured in India, Bangladesh and Nepal, killing 250 people and leaving almost 20 million displaced. From a geographical perspective, the effects of the flooding in Asia provide an interesting comparison with our experiences in England.
BBC: 'South Asia flood strands millions' - news article plus links to related articles and video footage.
Sky News - 'Non-stop rain kills scores in Asia'
The Guardian - 'Monsoon floods displace 20 million'
India Meteorological Department - includes weather data, monsoon reports, satellite images, forecasts and more.
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| Central & Western England - 21/22 July |
The Geographical Association is based in Sheffield, one of the places worst affected by the flooding of 25 June, with the Rivers Don and Sheaf breaching their banks in many locations. It seemed appropriate therefore to provide a selection of links to news articles, photographs, flooding information and teaching resources.
GA staff would also like to thank everyone who has contacted us to check that we're ok! Aside from a few problems getting to work and back, we're all safe and well.
News
BBC News - articles, photos, videos
ITN - news videos
Sky News - articles, eyewitness accounts, videos
Sky News interactive flood map
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Guardian Unlimited - Polly Toynbee Comment, Tuesday 3 July 'If Chelsea were under water it would be taken seriously'. Article on how, in the author's opinion, the flooding has demonstrated a North/South divide in the UK. Readers comments following the article open up an interesting discussion.
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'The Flood'
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Melanie Richards has created a June 2007 Floods section on her Gorgeous Geography website. The site includes Google Earth activities, a slideshow of BBC images, and links to other topical websites.
Andrew Pinks sent in a link to this slideshow which he created using images from BBC News footage.
Tom Austen from Rotherham Investment and Development Office (RiDO) created this Google Map showing the effects of the flooding on Rotherham. RiDO support the work of the Rotherham Branch of the GA and our Living Geography project. Find out more about the Living Geography Orgreave Decision Making Exercise.
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If you would like to suggest a link, or share teaching resources, ideas or photographs on these pages, please contact Anne Greaves.
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