One of the impacts of the Cumbrian floods has been the damage to bridges.
One particular location where this is having an impact is in Workington, where all the bridges across the river have been damaged, and are impassable.
One particular location where this is having an impact is in Workington, where all the bridges across the river have been damaged, and are impassable.
Calva Bridge is likely to collapse and has been cordoned off...
The floods are being called a "one in a thousand year" event.
The rainfall that fell was a record for a 24 hour period in the UK.
BBC: Cumbrian flood victims have lives on hold
If we are looking for "living geography" context, one idea would be to take a local settlement to you that has a river and bridges, and imagine that all the bridges have been damaged or become unusable.
If we are looking for "living geography" context, one idea would be to take a local settlement to you that has a river and bridges, and imagine that all the bridges have been damaged or become unusable.
What impacts would this have on the community ?
Students research and report the impacts...
This also relates to an idea in my Toolkit book "Look at it this Way" based on the closure of the road below Mam Tor in Castleton...
Mark Ollis has shared 2 presentations on his Slideshare page which contain images that he took in the area over the weekend.
More to come on this in future blog posts as I have some presentations on flooding to prepare for in 2010...
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