Great Floods of Northumbria, 1771-2008

The topic of this episode of Exploring Environmental History is
the history of severe river flooding in the north east of
England. With the floods in the town of Morpeth in September 2008
fresh in the minds of people in Northern England it seems
appropriate to look back in time to great historic floods and to
see whether the rivers of Northumberland have produced even
greater floods than those experienced recently. The guest on this
podcast is David Archer, a retired hydrologist who worked for
Northumbrian Water and the National Rivers Authority, and an
expert on the history of floods in the North east of England. He
will explore the great floods in the Tyne basin of the past 250
years and even beyond. In addition David will discuss what
historical sources are used for the reconstruction of past floods
and how such information can be used for current flood risk
management.