After previous floods in North East England we've asked the public to help us by sending in their photos and videos of the event. This data has proved enormously useful, allowing our team of researchers in conjunction with Local Authorities to understand these events and make changes to mitigate the effects of future intense rainfall. We focussed on three main events.
The data provided allow us to study the events in more detail, often by constructing computer models describing the behaviour of water, the precipitation and the underlying ground. Photographic data and comments allow us to assess the validity of these models, and if they are correct, they can then be used to analyse different options for flood defences or other interventions.
We are extremely grateful to everyone who provided data, knowingly or otherwise. You will find full details of the work undertaken in Morpeth in this report; work is ongoing for Newcastle.