Hannaford, Jamie 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5256-3310; Stewart, Lisa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4246-6645; Miller, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7705-8898; Kjeldsen, Thomas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9423-5203; Morris, David.
2009
Briefing Note: an assessment of the rarity of the November 2009 floods.
Wallingford, NERC/Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, 6pp.
Abstract
On the 19th and 20th November 2009, prolonged heavy rainfall brought extensive flooding to many parts of the western UK and Ireland, with the worst flooding concentrated in west Cumbria. The towns of Cockermouth and Workington experienced particularly severe flooding which inundated large numbers of properties and caused transport chaos. A police officer died in Workington after a road bridge collapsed.
CEH scientists have been working to assess the rarity of the event using the latest statistical techniques. This work is ongoing, and two journal papers are being prepared for submission early in 2011. This short article provides a brief synopsis of some of the key findings. Some of this work was presented at the British Hydrological Society Fourth International Conference at Newcastle University in July 2010
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