Since August, the focus has been on the clean-up operation in Boscastle. The
initial stages
of the clean-up were to secure buildings damaged by
the flooding
, as these
posed the
most immediate risk to public safety.
Building inspectors
were called into the area
& the
entire centre of the village cordoned off from the public. The entire process
of inspecting
& securing buildings took several days, after which home owners were
allowed to
retrieve any possessions they could
salvage. The
clean-up operation was then allowed to begin in earnest, with the
infrastructural damage
of roads, sewers & electricity, water & gas supplies being repaired. This
allowed the
owners of some of the relatively unaffected houses to return home & begin
replacing furniture
& redecorating, after inspecting the damage done to their property in full.
Buildings nearest the river channel remained deep in deposited silt & debris & were
in some
cases too damaged to salvage. The museum & a shop were
the worst
affected,
the shop
being hit directly by a tree, so demolition was the only option in this
case. The
Environment Agency has had a great deal of input. Firstly, the entire region
was inspected
& the probability of a recurrence calculated. Estimates from various
sources differ
greatly, some predicting a repeat event in 2005 & some not expecting similar
to happen
for another 60-70 years.
Luckily nobody died in the Boscastle flood 1963 and several people were injured!
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Unbelievably no one died in the 2004 floods!
Ma nan;)
The Boscastle flood of 1963 resulted in the tragic loss of 5 lives.
No, most people were rescued.
In places around Boscastle and Cornwall
35 people were killed ):
The worst injury in the Boscastle Flood was a broken leg.
Around 150 people were rescued during the Boscastle flood of 2004, including those airlifted to safety by helicopters. Fortunately, there were no fatalities despite the scale of the flooding.
Approximately 75 properties were flooded during the Boscastle flood in 2004.
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