GCSE Geography (AQA)

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Weather hazards and atmospheric circulation

Impacts of weather hazards in the UK

  • Drought: crops fail, food prices rise, hosepipe bans (e.g. 2012 UK Drought).
  • Freezing temperatures: hypothermia, car accidents, pressure on the NHS (e.g. The Big Freeze in 2010).
  • Heavy rainfall: flooding causes landslides, destroying crops and homes (e.g. Cumbria floods in 2009).
  • Thunderstorms: lightning strikes damage buildings and infrastructure (e.g. North Yorkshire in 2005).
  • Heatwaves: droughts cause crops to fail, and vulnerable people suffer from heatstroke (e.g. June heatwave in 2017).

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