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Assessing risks of flash flooding using historical information – three examples from northeast England
- Presentation by David Archer, Geoff Parkin, Hayley Fowler -
Newcastle University. "...Flash floods result from intense short duration rainfall, usually
convective, that exceeds urban drainage capacity or rural infiltration
capacity …
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023172:Flooded Chatsworth Gardens Westerhope Unknown 1941
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049783:Stephenson Road High Heaton Unknown 1927
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049448:Jesmond Vale during the floods of 1903 Unknown 1903
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066525:Tyne Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1771
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024958:Cullercoats Railway Station Cullercoats North Tyneside 1903
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Morpeth Floods 2008
- Following a period of sustained heavy rain the River Wansbeck burst its banks and overwhelmed the flood defences in Morpeth on the 6th of September 2008. Over 400 people had …
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Great Flood of 1771
- Great Flood on the Rivers Tyne, Tees, Wear, Eden and other rivers in the region, on the 16th and 17th November 1771. On the 17th of November 1771, after torrential …
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Tyne Bridge Damaged by Floods, 1771
- "On Sunday Morning the 17th of November 1771 an unprecedented inundation of the Tyne occurred by which the bridge at Newcastle with the shops and houses thereon were carried away …
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Floods, January 2005
- Heavy rainfall on Friday the 7th January led to flooding in Carlisle on Saturday the 8th January 2005. It was the worst flood to affect Carlisle since 1822, 3 people were killed, …
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National Flood Forum
- "A charity to help, support and represent people at risk of flooding...."
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FLOODS TAKE TOLL Worst for thirty years. Farmers ruined and thousands homeless as Trent and.Don burst banks(1932)
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from http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/D…
Assessing risks of flash flooding using historical information – three examples from northeast England
- Presentation by David Archer, Geoff Parkin, Hayley Fowler -
Newcastle University. "...Flash floods result from intense short duration rainfall, usually
convective, that exceeds urban drainage capacity or rural infiltration
capacity …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
![](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2685/4078330279_90e28966d0_z.jpg)
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
023172:Flooded Chatsworth Gardens Westerhope Unknown 1941
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
049783:Stephenson Road High Heaton Unknown 1927
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![](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2765/4081926247_b002fabeb5_z.jpg)
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
049448:Jesmond Vale during the floods of 1903 Unknown 1903
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from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
066525:Tyne Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne Unknown 1771
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from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
024958:Cullercoats Railway Station Cullercoats North Tyneside 1903
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
![Morpeth Floods 2008](/uploads/thumbs2/morpeth_floods_2008.png)
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Morpeth Floods 2008
- Following a period of sustained heavy rain the River Wansbeck burst its banks and overwhelmed the flood defences in Morpeth on the 6th of September 2008. Over 400 people had …
![Great Flood of 1771](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5476/10427953583_c5a3959567_z.jpg)
  Co-Curate Page
Great Flood of 1771
- Great Flood on the Rivers Tyne, Tees, Wear, Eden and other rivers in the region, on the 16th and 17th November 1771. On the 17th of November 1771, after torrential …
![Tyne Bridge Damaged by Floods, 1771](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2482/4089695513_77c85f24f7_z.jpg)
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Tyne Bridge Damaged by Floods, 1771
- "On Sunday Morning the 17th of November 1771 an unprecedented inundation of the Tyne occurred by which the bridge at Newcastle with the shops and houses thereon were carried away …
![Floods, January 2005](https://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/06/25/3062527_8af09483.jpg)
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Floods, January 2005
- Heavy rainfall on Friday the 7th January led to flooding in Carlisle on Saturday the 8th January 2005. It was the worst flood to affect Carlisle since 1822, 3 people were killed, …
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from https://nationalfloodforum.or…
National Flood Forum
- "A charity to help, support and represent people at risk of flooding...."
Added by
Simon Cotterill
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from Youtube (youtube)
FLOODS TAKE TOLL Worst for thirty years. Farmers ruined and thousands homeless as Trent and.Don burst banks(1932)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill