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A small unit of Mounted Police patrolled parts of the Somerset Levels after reports of items, including heating oil and quad bikes being stolen from the homes of flood victims on 3 February. [ 55 ] An earth bank at Huntworth was hastily built, connecting the canal bank to the railway embankment and the embankment to the river wall.
The 2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods had brought severe flooding to the Somerset Levels. During December 2013 and January 2014 heavy rainfall led to extensive flooding on the Somerset Levels with over 600 houses and 17,000 acres (6,900 ha) of agricultural land, including North Moor, Curry and Hay Moors and Greylake, affected.
Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData The Somerset Levels are a coastal plain and wetland area of Somerset, England, running south from the Mendips to the Blackdown Hills.. The Somerset Levels have an area of about 160,000 acres (650 km 2) and are bisected by the Polden Hills; the areas to the south are drained by the River Parrett, and the areas to the north by the rivers Axe and Brue.
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The village gained nationwide recognition in February 2014 due to extensive flooding on the Somerset Levels which particularly affected Moorland, [2] when the Environment Agency constructed an earth bank to try to hold back the water. [3] Northmoor Pumping Station. Moorland Court Farmhouse was built in the early 19th century.
Previous floods: 2000, May 1979 - major flooding of church Flooding in 1979 The Department of Transport, responsible for building the new A303, accepted that the impact from the discharges of runoff from that road to the A303 was a major factor. The DoT paid the church full compensation of £6500.
Further studies of the possible beneficial effects of woodland in reducing flooding have also been undertaken. [43] During the winter flooding of 2013–14 on the Somerset Levels the River Brue overflowed at new year, during the rain and storms from Storm Dirk, with many residents asking for the Environment Agency to resume river dredging.