North Sea surge

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North Sea flood, the worst storm surge on record for the North Sea, occurring Jan. 31 to Feb. 1, In the Netherlands someacres (, hectares) flooded, causing at least 1, deaths and widespread property damage. In eastern England, up toacres (73, hectares) were. Storm tides of the North Sea are coastal floods associated with low pressure systems in the North Sea, the severity of which are affected by the shallowness of the sea and the orientation of the shoreline relative to the storm's path, as well as the timing of water level can rise to more than 5 metres (17 ft) above the normal tide as a result of storm tides.

North Sea surge: The story of the east coast floods of [Pollard, Michael] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. North Sea surge: The story of the east coast floods of Cited by: The surge rounded the coast of northeast Norfolk in mid‐evening, hitting the village of Sea Palling badly and claiming seven lives.

Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft North Sea surge book the next towns of any size to be hit – twice in the case of Great Yarmouth, as the banks of the five‐mile long Breydon Water to its west gave way, so that water flooded into the town from its rear shortly after the sea had Cited by: 7.

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The North Sea surge and east coast floods of Bob Prichard Claygate, Surrey On the night of 31 January/1 Februarysevere flooding from the North Sea claimed over lives along the east coast of England and over lives along the Dutch and Belgian coasts.

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The only answer to rising seas is to retreat, argue Duke University sea level rise expert Dr. Orrin Pilkey and co-authors in their excellent book, Retreat From a Rising Sea: Hard Choices in. The devastating North Sea flood of caused catastrophic damage and loss of life in Scotland, England, Belgium and The Netherlands and became one of the worst peacetime disasters of the 20 th century.

people died in England, 19 died in Scotland, 28 died in Belgium, 1, died in the Netherlands and a further people died at sea. The flood caused a major rethinking of coastal.

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Save on ISBN has North Sea Surge: Story of the East Coast Floods of by Michael Pollard and over 50 million more used, rare, and out-of-print books. The northerly gales on the western side of this depression forced sea water south at the time of high tide, causing a tidal surge down the North Sea which locally exceeded m ( ft) above.As one of the few sociological accounts of the impacts on flood victims, North Sea Surge has often been cited by research scientists, in government reports and the press.

Now in a second edition, the author’s family update the unforgettable story of the East Coast Floods.A wonderful black & white picture of the North sea crashing against the east coast sea defenses throwing up spray as it does so which you have frozen wit your fast exposure.

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