The Challenge of Natural Hazards Page 4 Question A B C Define weather The month-to-month The year-to-year The day-to-day conditions conditions of the conditions of the of the atmosphere. atmosphere atmosphere Define extreme weather Weather events that are Weather events that are Weather events that significantly different from similar to normal involve a lot of rain. the normal. What did the International Disaster An increase in the number An increase in the number An increase in the number of cold weather events of droughts since the Database record? of floods since the 1960s. since the 1960s 1960s What extreme weather events occurred in Heatwave, Heatwave, Heatwave, Big Freeze Big Freeze Drought 2003, 2010 and 2014 in the UK? Tsunami Flooding Flooding In 2010 what temperature did the weather -20⁰C -10⁰C -30⁰C drop to? Identify one positive & one negative effect The number of tourists Tourism income decreased Tourism income increased, doubled and 2500 people of the extreme weather event in 2003. and 2045 people died. however 2045 people died. died. SOMERSET FLOOD is Somerset? South-west England South-east England Central England When did the flood occur? January & March 2014 February & 2014 January & February 2014 How much rain fell in January & February? 350mm 250mm 450mm List one cause of the flood. The rivers had not been High & storm surges Both A and B. dredged in 20 List two social effects of the 600 homes were flooded Floodwater containing 600 homes were flooded and it cost Somerset sewage flooded farmland and villages were cut off Council £10 million. and villages were cut off.
The Challenge of Natural Hazards Page 4 Question A B C Define weather The day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere. The month-to-month conditions of the atmosphere The year-to-year conditions of the atmosphere Define extreme weather Weather events that are similar to normal Weather events that involve a lot of rain. Weather events that are significantly different from the normal. What did the International Disaster Database record? An increase in the number of cold weather events since the 1960s An increase in the number of floods since the 1960s. An increase in the number of droughts since the 1960s What extreme weather events occurred in 2003, 2010 and 2014 in the UK? Heatwave, Big Freeze Tsunami Heatwave, Big Freeze Flooding Heatwave, Drought Flooding In 2010 what temperature did the weather drop to? -20⁰C -10⁰C -30⁰C Identify one positive & one negative effect of the extreme weather event in 2003. Tourism income decreased and 2045 people died. Tourism income increased, however 2045 people died. The number of tourists doubled and 2500 people died. SOMERSET FLOOD is Somerset? South-west England South-east England Central England When did the flood occur? January & March 2014 February & 2014 January & February 2014 How much rain fell in January & February? 350mm 250mm 450mm List one cause of the flood. The rivers had not been dredged in 20 High & storm surges Both A and B. List two social effects of the 600 homes were flooded and it cost Somerset Council £10 million. 600 homes were flooded and villages were cut off Floodwater containing sewage flooded farmland and villages were cut off.