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Assetsure News 11th November
2007
Eastern United kingdom braced
for " Storm Surge"
Homeowners are being asked to extra vigilant as no less than eight severe
weather warnings are posted effecting the eastern seaboard regions of the United
Kingdom. News reports are warning of possible wide scale threat to property and
to life. If you are worried about your home, you can visit the following
page for more information. In a statement to the house of
commons, Hilary Benn the Environmental secretary promised that police and
emergency services would be on stand by the areas that were most at risk.
The Met Office has stated that "A combination of north-westerly winds exceeding
50 mph, low pressure and high tides has created a storm surge which would
"likely" cause coastal flooding. These conditions are normally witnessed once in
20 years. Certainly, events have evoked memories for anyone alive in the last
great storm to hit the region. The greatest storm surge on record for the area
occurred on 31 January and 1 February 1953. The surge height reached 2.74 m at
Southend in Essex, 2.97 m at King's Lynn in Norfolk and 3.36 m in the
Netherlands. This disaster led to large scale loss of life and property damage.
Thankfully, the United Kingdom is better prepared this time, early warning
systems are more developed as are sea wall defences. Homeowners are being urged
to listen to news reports on television and radio and to follow instructions
from the emergency services.
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