Synopsis
The Somerset Levels faced a natural disaster in the winter of 2013. The village of Moorland was entirely engulfed by the floods. This follows those coping with the aftermath.
- Programme: Somerset: After the Floods
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2015
- Geography | Flooding
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