does anyone know if the flooding in the uk is normal, and if its been hapening for years or is it coz of globa

Question

global warming?
why is it flooding, im watching the news and im living in the uk now, and no1's really maing a big deal of it, is it normal.

Answer 1

Flooding in UK is common incidence, especially for London and places near the Thames River. The Thames Estuary is an area where the risk of flooding is particularly high. The Thames region is increasingly at risk from flooding due to higher mean sea levels, increased rainfall and tide ranges, and a greater number and intensity of storm events. The Thames must also contend with the gradual 'sinking' of the southeastern tip of the British Isles (a process occurring as southern England returns to its original level, prior to being lifted by the weight of ice sheets pushing down on northern Britain during the last Ice Age).
The increasing of flood in UK is also cause by global warming as the sea level rise every year.

Answer 2

I love this.........First......... Flooding, drought, earthquakes, storms, global warming and Ice ages are all NORMAL. So is Continental drift, Volcanoes and and most any other disaster you can name. It happens. The only thing constant on this earth is change. Accept it! The earth is a living planet. NOTHING stays the same. As soon as change stops then we really need to worry. U want no change? Go live on Pluto. If there were no change on earth U would be living in a cave without benefit of fire. It's frustrating to me to hear all this crap about global warming. 20 years ago the same folks were complaining about oceans cooling. Same folks believe old growth forests have trees that don't die. Everything that lives dies. It's a long cycle longer than recorded history. It happens over and over again. Just to make things interesting every 10,000 years or so the earth's magnetic poles switch polarity..............we're overdue for that.........so forget global warming and freak out about that! Every day U wake up it's a BIG DEAL. Doom and disaster at noon film at 11pm............Gimme a break! Enjoy your life! Nobody's tomorrow guaranteed. the world be damned........U could be run over in the street by a beer truck tomorrow........The world ends then for you and I won't miss U a bit!

Answer 3

The UK has a very variable climate and at this time of year temperatures as low as 10°C or as high as 30°C are not uncommon. Similarly, from one day to the next it can be flat calm or blowing a gale, clear skies with excellent visibility to dense fog. Rainfall tends to be somewhat more consistent with an average of 50mm to 100mm of rain falling per month.

The amount of rainfall is more dependent on where you live with the west receiving considerably higher rainfall than the east.

The amount of rain received in the last few days is unusual but not exceptional it's just that there's been several periods of intense rainfall close together and this has led to waterlogged ground and high rivers which haven't been able to cope with the intense rain.

Global warming has a role to play but is just one of many contributory factors, it's not the sole cause. Global warming leads to increased average rainfall throughout the world because the warmer temperatures lead to increased evapouration from the seas and oceans. However, this increase is small in comparison to the amount of evapouration that would have occurred anyway.

Contrary to the answer that states most of the flooding happens in the south-east it's actually Yorkshire and Scotland that experiences the most flooding. The media tends to focus on the south-east when it experiences flooding, this gives the impression that this is where most flooding occurs.

The topography of Yorkshire in particular means it's prone to flooding. The Yorkshire Dales receives higher than average rainfall which is drained by rivers such as the Ure, Aire and Ouse. Levels in these rivers can rise rapidly, they then make their way across the Vale of York and flat landscape of East Yorkshire, areas which are particularly prone to flooding.

York regularly experiences flooding along the banks of the Ouse and the village of Gowdall near Selby was inundated for a whole month a few years ago.

Similarly in Scotland it's the lie of the land that is resposnible coupled with the higher than average rainfall. The steep sided mountains carry lots of water into the narrow glens (valleys) and flooding alongside the rivers here is a common occurence. Fortunately most properties here are out of harms way.

Some of the worst floods on record have occured in the south-west of the UK, most recently in Boscastle, Cornwall. The worst flooding having happened not so far away in Lynemouth, Devon back in 1952 when dozens of people lost theor lives and hundreds of people were left homeless after their properties were washed away. Again, it was a combination of heavy rainfall and topography that contributed to the flooding.

Answer 4

wot they sed!! xx