Chronology: SW - Angarrack
2003-01-01 South West
[1] Place Angarrack:
A three foot torrent of water swept through the village after a storm
drain cover was blown off. Three homes and a garden were flooded. ‘Parts
of the village have flooded 6 times in the last 25 years but this is
definitely the worst’.
[2] Pengersick Castle was flooded to a depth of 2
feet and ancient manuscripts were damaged.
[3] Place Crowlas: In the
early hours of New Year’s Day the town was flooded for the eighth time
in seven weeks. The excessive frequency of flooding was ascribed to
changes in farming practices and the removal of hedgerows.
[4] Heavy
rainfall on New Year’s Eve/Day 2002-2003 resulted in fluvial and surface
water flooding, mainly centred on West Cornwall. Affected locations
include Fexbury/Bude, Redruth, Lanner and the Portreath Valley, Carnkie,
Carn Brea, Illogan and Camborne, Angarrack
and Hayle, Relubbus and St Erth, Sennen Cove, Lamorna and Mousehole,
Marazion, Praa Sands, Breage and Porthleven, Helston, Gweek,
Constantine, Porkellis, Burras and Wendron on the Cober, Budock Water
and Falmouth, Tresillian, Goran Haven, St
[5] Austell, Par and Luxulyan,
Herodsfoot, Pilaton and Lowley Bridge near Launceston. In Helston 20
properties flooded and 8 flooded at Gweek. 7 flooded in Redruth and 10
in Lanner.
Rainfall: N/A
Source: Cornishman 9 Jan; Western Morning News 4 Jan
via http://ceg-fepsys.ncl.ac.uk/outputs/archer_search/SW.html
FEPSys is being developed as part of the SINATRA project, which is funded under NERCs Flooding From Intense Rainfall (FFIR) programme which aims to reduce the risks of damage and loss of life caused by surface water and flash floods.
The aim of FEPSys is to create something that is generally helpful and transparent; a legacy from SINATRA developed in the spirit of bringing together knowledge and data about FFIR and knowledge and outcomes from project SINATRA.
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