You will be given some information about an event that took place on Monday 16th August, 2004 in Boscastlein Cornwall, England. It is your job to work out exactly what happened and to then write a newspaper piece that explains the following
1. What actually happened at Boscastle?
2. What caused the flood - go into as much detail as you can
3. What happened during the flood?
4. What were the effects of the flood - on the people, on the town, what damage happened?
Some information that will help
Boscastle Activity sheet (from class)
Or you can just do a Google search to find information about the Boscastle flood
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