2015
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2015.00084
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A comparison of the 31 January–1 February 1953 and 5–6 December 2013 coastal flood events around the UK

Abstract: A North Sea storm surge during 31 January-1 February 1953 caused Northwest Europe's most severe coastal floods in living memory. This event killed more than 2000 people on the coasts of England, the Netherlands, and Belgium. In the UK, where this study focuses, this event was a pivotal influence for flood risk management. Subsequent progress included a national tide gauge network, a storm surge forecasting and warning service, and major defense upgrades such as the Thames Barrier. Almost 60-years later, on 5-6… Show more

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“…2a,b) of several events is lower than it should be. Although we have data at some sites for these events, tide gauges were not necessarily operational at the time along the stretches of the coastline where the sea levels or skew surges were likely to have been most extreme; this is the case for the benchmark 1953 event 21 . Notwithstanding these issues, our analysis of the events that we have on record does provide important new insights, as described below.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…2a,b) of several events is lower than it should be. Although we have data at some sites for these events, tide gauges were not necessarily operational at the time along the stretches of the coastline where the sea levels or skew surges were likely to have been most extreme; this is the case for the benchmark 1953 event 21 . Notwithstanding these issues, our analysis of the events that we have on record does provide important new insights, as described below.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These events caused an estimated £2.5 billion in damages, but much greater destruction was prevented due to the effectiveness of defences 21 . What appears noteworthy about this period is: (1) the large spatial ‘footprint’ of some of the events (i.e., simultaneous flooding along extended coastline stretches during the same storm); and (2) the temporal ‘clustering’ of the flooding events (i.e., events occurring one after another in close succession) 22 .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…However, such developments do not provide an impervious protection for coastal businesses and residents, and some losses continue. On the 5 th December 2013 a storm surge resulted in flooding of the port of Immingham and related damage of port facilities (ABPmer 2014; Wadey et al 2015b). In November 2005 parts of Hayling Island, Hampshire were flooded by unusual long period swell waves, despite the earlier installation of improved defences (Ruocco et al 2011).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Coastal forecasting and analysis in the UK is heavily weighted towards the prediction of tidal surges, particularly in view of the notable extreme water levels recorded along the North Sea coast on 5/6 December 2013 [29,40,41]. For other coastal regions, however, particularly the Southeast and Southwest (including West Lyme Bay), tidal surges exceeding~1 m are uncommon, as illustrated in Figure 9, which shows the maximum skew surge recorded at the Class A tide gauge sites between 2004 and 2014 (data extracted from Haigh et al [42]), together with the spatial distribution of maximum H S measurements.…”
Section: National Considerationsmentioning
confidence: 99%